Bouchain
Boesem | |
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 A view within Bouchain | |
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 Location of Bouchain | |
Bouchain Bouchain | |
| Coordinates: 50°17′04″N 3°19′04″E / 50.2844°N 3.3178°E / 50.2844; 3.3178 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes |
| Canton | Denain |
| Intercommunality | CA Porte du Hainaut |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Ludovic Zientek1 |
Area 1 | 12.39 km2 (4.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 4,113 |
| • Density | 332.0/km2 (859.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59092 /59111 |
| Elevation | 31–100 m (102–328 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bouchain (French pronunciation: [buʃɛ̃] ⓘ; West Flemish: Boesem) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.3
It lies halfway between Cambrai and Valenciennes. Bouchain, seat of the early medieval County of Ostrevent, was taken by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, in the 10th century and eventually subsumed into the County of Hainaut.
During the War of the Spanish Succession, when the town was fortified, Bouchain was besieged twice. On 12 September 1711 it was seized from the French after a 34 day siege by the Grand Alliance led by the Duke of Marlborough. It was again besieged, and recaptured by French forces, on 19 October 1712 after an 18 day siege.4
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The Scheldt River -
Bastion of the Forges -
The Powder Magazine and the Ostrevent Tower
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International relations
It is twinned with Halesworth and Eitorf.
Heraldry
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The arms of Bouchain are blazoned : Argent, a tower gules. (form of the tower varies)
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References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- INSEE commune file
- D. G. Chandler. Marlborough as Military Commander (1989 ed.). p. 299. Spellmount Publishers Ltd. 1973. ISBN 978-0946771127.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bouchain, EHESS (in French).
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE