Berlaimont

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Berlaimont

(2020–2026) Michel Hannecart^[1]Area

13.10 km² (5.06 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,180 • Density240/km² (630/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59068 /59145

Elevation125–172 m (410–564 ft)
(avg. 141 m or 463 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,550	—
1821	1,827	+0.59%
1846	2,176	+0.70%
1872	2,755	+0.91%
1901	2,651	−0.13%
1926	3,156	+0.70%
1946	3,407	+0.38%
1962	3,811	+0.70%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,836	+0.11%
1975	3,797	−0.15%
1982	3,532	−1.03%
1990	3,398	−0.48%
1999	3,229	−0.57%
2007	3,204	−0.10%
2012	3,146	−0.36%
2017	3,130	−0.10%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Berlaimont are blazoned :

Barry vair and gules. (Berlaimont and Busigny use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Berlaimont, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE