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Bouvines
Sign in to saveBouvines (; ) is a commune and village in the Nord department in northern France. It is on the French-Belgian border between Lille and Tournai.
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Bouvines is a commune in France, situated within the Nord department and the Lille metropolis. It falls under the administrative jurisdiction of the canton of Cysoing and the arrondissement of Lille. The municipality has an area of 2.71 square kilometers and shares borders with Gruson, Cysoing, and Sainghin-en-Mélantois. Its elevation above sea level is recorded at 49 meters.
The population of Bouvines is 775, comprising 382 males and 393 females. The postal code for the area is 59830. Bouvines is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Templeuve-en-Pévèle. The commune’s official name is Bouvines, and it is located in the Hauts-de-France region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bouvines
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 793
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bouvines
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Bouvines1 WEB.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church in Bouvines
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Cysoing (Nord).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lille
- French commune.canton
- Templeuve-en-Pévèle
- French commune.INSEE
- 59106
- French commune.postal code
- 59830
- French commune.mayor
- Philippe Guillon
- French commune.term
- 2024–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Métropole Européenne de Lille
- French commune.elevation m
- 31
- French commune.area km2
- 2.71
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Official website
Bouvines
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bouvines
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lille
- Population
- 766
- Area
- 2.71
- Elevation
- 37
- Shares border with
- Sainghin-en-Mélantois
- Official website
- www.bouvines.fr
- Image
- Bouvines1 WEB.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bouvines
- postal code
- 59830
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- associated electoral district
- canton of Templeuve-en-Pévèle
- male population
- 382
- female population
- 393
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-20-41-31-59
- fax number
- +33-3-20-84-11-75
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Heraldry
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
Bouvines (; ) is a commune and village in the Nord department in northern France. It is on the French-Belgian border between Lille and Tournai.
==History== On 27 July 1214, the Battle of Bouvines was fought here between the forces of the French King Philip Augustus, who was resoundingly victorious, against a coalition, led by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and the English King John (who was not present at the battle).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bouvines” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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