Bourghelles

Bourghelles
Bourghelles
Commune
	The town hall in Bourghelles
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bourghelles
	Bourghelles Bourghelles
	Coordinates: 50°33′56″N 3°14′39″E / 50.5656°N 3.2442°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Templeuve-en-Pévèle
Intercommunality	CC Pévèle-Carembault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck Sarre
Area 1	6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,673
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59096 /59830
Elevation	32–71 m (105–233 ft) ; (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourghelles (French pronunciation: [buʁɡɛl]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Etymology

First recorded in 1197 as Borghela (small fortress); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgs (hill fort, fortress) and diminutive suffix.^[4]

Arms of Bourghelles	The arms of Bourghelles are blazoned : Argent, a chief gules. (Bourghelles and Hem use the same arms.)

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ L’origine de Bourghelles from Bourghelles official civic site http://bourghelles.com/decouvrir/lhistoire/ (in French) Retrieved 26 November 2017; etymology for related borough from etymonline at https://www.etymonline.com/word/borough retrieved 26 November 2017
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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