Bollezeele (French pronunciation: [bɔlzɛl]; from Dutch; Bollezele in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
It is 17 km (11 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border. The river Yser runs through Bollezeele.
Language
Bollezeele’s local speech is traditionally a Flemish dialect, similar to that spoken on the other side of the border with Belgium; this led to the town’s being included in the Atlas Linguarum Europae as one of the Germanic dialects in France (the others were all in either Alsace or Moselle).[4]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,389 | — |
| 1975 | 1,328 | −0.64% |
| 1982 | 1,500 | +1.76% |
| 1990 | 1,476 | −0.20% |
| 1999 | 1,382 | −0.73% |
| 2009 | 1,391 | +0.06% |
| 2014 | 1,432 | +0.58% |
| 2020 | 1,424 | −0.09% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Bollezeele are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. (‘Flanders’ and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)
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See also
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
- ^ Eder, Birgit (2003). Ausgewählte Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen in den Sprachen Europas. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. p. 299. ISBN 3631528736.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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