Bousignies-sur-Roc

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Bousignies-sur-Roc

|commune status = Commune

|image = Bousignies-sur-Roc (Nord, Fr) vue du village.jpg

|caption = A general view of Bousignies-sur-Roc

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Boeschepe (59) Nord-France.svg

|arrondissement = Avesnes-sur-Helpe

|canton = Fourmies

|INSEE = 59101

|postal code = 59149

|mayor = Aurélie Welonek{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre

|coordinates = {{coord|50.2642|4.1828|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 160

|elevation min m = 130

|elevation max m = 224

|area km2 = 12.14

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

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

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

}}

Bousignies-sur-Roc ({{IPA|fr|buziɲi syʁ ʁɔk}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59101-bousignies-sur-roc INSEE commune file]

In early 2021, the commune made international headlines{{Cite web| title = Angleterre, Japon, Équateur, USA, Canada… Buzz mondial pour la borne d'Erquelinnes!| trans-title = | work = sudinfo.be | date = May 6, 2021 | access-date = 3 July 2021 | url = https://www.sudinfo.be/id392001/article/2021-05-06/angleterre-japon-equateur-usa-canada-buzz-mondial-pour-la-borne-derquelinnes | language = fr }} after some historians on a walk noticed that a stone marking the French-Belgian border near the village was moved by about two meters into the French territory.{{Cite web | title = Bousignies-sur-Roc : il déplace une borne frontière… et réduit la superficie du village et donc de la France | first = Alice | last = Bonvoisin | work = La Voix du Nord | date = April 27, 2021 | access-date = 3 July 2021 | url = https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/992266/article/2021-04-27/bousignies-sur-roc-il-deplace-une-borne-frontiere-et-viole-le-traite-de-courtrai | language = fr

}} Internationally, it was initially reported that the stone was moved by a Belgian farmer who was frustrated about the stone blocking the path of his tractor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/world/europe/france-belgium-border-moved.html|title=A Farmer Moved a 200-Year-Old Stone, and the French-Belgian Border|first=Anna|last=Schaverien |date=May 5, 2021 |newspaper=New York Times }}{{Cite news |first=Caitlin |last=O'Kane |date=May 6, 2021 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/farmer-moves-belgium-france-border/ |title=A Belgian farmer was annoyed by the stone in his tractor's path. He moved it and the French border |publisher =CBS News }} However, the owner of the area that encompasses the stone, David Lavaux, is a veterinarian who claims that he never moved the stone.{{Cite web | title = Frontière franco-belge déplacée : une commission bientôt convoquée pour remettre la borne à Bousignies-sur-Roc | first = Rafaela |last = Biry-Vicente | work = France Bleu | date = May 10, 2021 | access-date = 3 July 2021 | url = https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/insolite/une-commission-franco-belge-bientot-convoquee-pour-remettre-la-borne-frontiere-deplacee-a-bousignies-1620653276 | language = fr }}

In June 2021, YouTuber The Tim Traveller published a video showing that the stone has not been moved back since the initial report.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddlv47t1tQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8ddlv47t1tQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Can You REALLY Move The French-Belgian Border By Accident With A Tractor? |author=The Tim Traveller |website=YouTube |date=June 3, 2021|access-date=3 July 2021 }}{{cbignore}}