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Blécourt (French pronunciation: ​[blekuʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Blécourt
Commune
The church in Blécourt
Coat of arms
Location of Blécourt
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Coordinates: 50°13′16″N 3°12′52″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Cambrai
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Basselet[1]
Area 1	3.58 km2 (1.38 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	305
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59085 /59268
Elevation	48–72 m (157–236 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 306 —     1800 210 −31.4% 1806 473 +125.2% 1821 367 −22.4% 1831 398 +8.4% 1836 383 −3.8% 1841 404 +5.5% 1846 422 +4.5% 1851 445 +5.5% 1856 415 −6.7% 1861 417 +0.5% 1866 388 −7.0% 1872 400 +3.1% 1876 407 +1.8% 1881 419 +2.9% 1886 409 −2.4% 1891 368 −10.0% 1896 386 +4.9% 1901 354 −8.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 360 +1.7% 1911 365 +1.4% 1921 307 −15.9% 1926 317 +3.3% 1931 311 −1.9% 1936 302 −2.9% 1946 295 −2.3% 1954 276 −6.4% 1962 276 +0.0% 1968 264 −4.3% 1975 273 +3.4% 1982 326 +19.4% 1990 326 +0.0% 1999 346 +6.1% 2004 358 +3.5% 2006 359 +0.3% 2009 360 +0.3% 2014 313 −13.1% 2015 308 −1.6%

Heraldry

The arms of Blécourt are blazoned : Or, 3 lions sable.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

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