Bierne

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Bierne

|native name = {{native name|vls|Bieren}}

|commune status = Commune

|image = Bierne - Eglise Saint-Géry.JPG

|caption = The church in Bierne

|image coat of arms = Bierne (59) Nord-france.svg

|arrondissement = Dunkerque

|canton = Coudekerque-Branche

|INSEE = 59082

|postal code = 59380

|mayor = Jean-Jacques Verhaeghe{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=12 March 2025|language=fr}}

|term = 2024–2026

|intercommunality = CC Hauts de Flandre

|coordinates = {{coord|50.9633|2.4117|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 2

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 11

|area km2 = 11.04

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Bierne ({{IPA|fr|bjɛʁn}}; {{langx|vls|label=French Flemish|Bieren}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59082-bierne INSEE commune file]

History

In 1436, Wautier de Ghistelles was seigneur d'Ekelsbeke et de Ledringhem (Lord of Esquelbecq and Ledringhem) and governor of La Madeleine hospital in Bierne.[http://home.nordnet.fr/~jacfermaut/terrierbierne09.html Bierne history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210163440/http://home.nordnet.fr/~jacfermaut/terrierbierne09.html |date=2010-02-10 }} (French)

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-59082#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |676

|1975 |663

|1982 |1041

|1990 |1621

|1999 |1732

|2009 |1615

|2014 |1790

|2020 |1799

}}

Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Bierne (59) Nord-france.svg

|legend1=Arms of Bierne

|text=The arms of Bierne are blazoned :
Argent, a cross between in orle 12 martlets gules.

}}

See also

References

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{{commons category|Bierne}}

{{Nord communes}}

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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)

Category:French Flanders

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