Bollezeele
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Bollezeele
|commune status = Commune
|image = Bollezeele Hostellerie Saint Louis R02.jpg
|caption = A view within Bollezeele
|image coat of arms = Arms of Flanders.svg
|arrondissement = Dunkirk
|canton = Wormhout
|INSEE = 59089
|postal code = 59470
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Hauts de Flandre
|coordinates = {{coord|50.8653|2.3247|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 44
|elevation min m = 2
|elevation max m = 52
|area km2 = 17.54
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Bollezeele ({{IPA|fr|bɔlzɛl}}; from Dutch; Bollezele in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59089-bollezeele INSEE commune file]
It is {{convert|17|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Dunkirk and also {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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).{{cite book|last=Eder|first=Birgit|year=2003|title=Ausgewählte Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen in den Sprachen Europas|publisher=Peter Lang|location=Frankfurt am Main |page=299|isbn=3631528736}}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-59089#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1389
|1975 |1328
|1982 |1500
|1990 |1476
|1999 |1382
|2009 |1391
|2014 |1432
|2020 |1424
}}
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Arms of Flanders.svg
|legend1=Arms of Bollezeele
|text=The arms of Bollezeele are blazoned :
{{SharedArms|Or.lion.sa}}
}}
See also
References
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{{commons category|Bollezeele}}
{{Nord communes}}
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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)
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