Beaudignies

Beaudignies
Coat of arms
Beaudignies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beaudignies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Le Quesnoy-Est
Intercommunality	Quercitain
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014])	Raymonde Dramez
Area1	7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	573
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59057 / 59530
Elevation	65–131 m (213–430 ft) (avg. 99 m or 325 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beaudignies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	586	—
1800	434	−25.9%
1806	479	+10.4%
1821	818	+70.8%
1831	921	+12.6%
1836	996	+8.1%
1841	1,073	+7.7%
1846	1,065	−0.7%
1851	1,151	+8.1%
1856	1,208	+5.0%
1861	1,235	+2.2%
1866	1,177	−4.7%
1872	1,213	+3.1%
1876	1,172	−3.4%
1881	1,215	+3.7%
1886	1,211	−0.3%
1891	1,241	+2.5%
1896	1,208	−2.7%
1901	1,150	−4.8%
1906	1,133	−1.5%
1911	1,029	−9.2%
1921	852	−17.2%
1926	805	−5.5%
1931	785	−2.5%
1936	702	−10.6%
1946	696	−0.9%
1954	667	−4.2%
1962	603	−9.6%
1968	597	−1.0%
1975	527	−11.7%
1982	543	+3.0%
1990	523	−3.7%
1999	537	+2.7%
2006	573	+6.7%
2009	573	+0.0%

Heraldry

The arms of Beaudignies are blazoned : Gules, a crescent between 8 billets in orle, all argent.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file