La Bassée
La Bassée | |
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The town hall in La Bassée | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of La Bassée | |
La Bassée La Bassée | |
| Coordinates: 50°32′03″N 2°48′29″E / 50.5342°N 2.8081°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Annœullin |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Cauderlier[1] |
Area 1 | 3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 6,650 |
| • Density | 1,880/km2 (4,870/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59051 /59480 |
| Elevation | 21–31 m (69–102 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Bassée (French pronunciation: [la base]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Population
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Heraldry
| The arms of La Bassée are blazoned : Gules, a demi fleur de lys issuant from the center line argent.
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Personalities
La Bassée was the birthplace of the painter and draftsman Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845).[6]
Another native was Ignace François Broutin (c. 1690–1751), a colonial officer, surveyor, architect and engineer in Louisiana (New France).
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bassée, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Rose Georgina Kingsley (1899). A history of French art, 1100-1899. London: Longmans, Green. p. 378. OCLC 3677192. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
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