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Bousignies-sur-Roc | |
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_vue_du_village.jpg) A general view of Bousignies-sur-Roc | |
 Location of Bousignies-sur-Roc | |
  Bousignies-sur-Roc Location within France  Bousignies-sur-Roc Location within Hauts-de-France | |
| Coordinates: 50°15′51″N 4°10′58″E / 50.2642°N 4.1828°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Fourmies |
| Intercommunality | CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Aurélie Welonek[1] |
Area 1 | 12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 369 |
| • Density | 30.4/km2 (78.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59101 /59149 |
| Elevation | 130–224 m (427–735 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bousignies-sur-Roc (French pronunciation: [buziɲi syʁ ʁɔk]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
In early 2021, the commune made international headlines[4] after some historians on a walk noticed that a stone marking the French-Belgian border near the village was moved by about two meters into the French territory.[5] Internationally, it was initially reported that the stone was moved by a Belgian farmer who was frustrated about the stone blocking the path of his tractor.[6][7] However, the owner of the area that encompasses the stone, David Lavaux, is a veterinarian who claims that he never moved the stone.[8] As of June 2021, it was discovered that the stone has not been moved back since the initial report.[9]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 526 | — |
| 1975 | 531 | +0.14% |
| 1982 | 503 | −0.77% |
| 1990 | 401 | −2.79% |
| 1999 | 410 | +0.25% |
| 2007 | 398 | −0.37% |
| 2012 | 434 | +1.75% |
| 2017 | 402 | −1.52% |
| 2023 | 369 | −1.42% |
| Source: INSEE[10] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ "Angleterre, Japon, Équateur, USA, Canada… Buzz mondial pour la borne d'Erquelinnes!". sudinfo.be (in French). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ Bonvoisin, Alice (27 April 2021). "Bousignies-sur-Roc : il déplace une borne frontière… et réduit la superficie du village et donc de la France". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ Schaverien, Anna (5 May 2021). "A Farmer Moved a 200-Year-Old Stone, and the French-Belgian Border". New York Times.
- ↑ O'Kane, Caitlin (6 May 2021). "A Belgian farmer was annoyed by the stone in his tractor's path. He moved it and the French border". CBS News.
- ↑ Biry-Vicente, Rafaela (10 May 2021). "Frontière franco-belge déplacée : une commission bientôt convoquée pour remettre la borne à Bousignies-sur-Roc". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ The Tim Traveller (3 June 2021). Can You REALLY Move The French-Belgian Border By Accident With A Tractor?. YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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