Bousignies-sur-Roc | |
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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 (2021)
[2] | 376 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/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] In June 2021, YouTuber The Tim Traveller published a video showing that the stone has not been moved back since the initial report. [9]
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% |
2009 | 421 | +0.27% |
2014 | 417 | −0.19% |
2020 | 379 | −1.58% |
Source: INSEE [10] |