la Bassée
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = La Bassée
|commune status = Commune
|image = La Bassée Hotel de ville.JPG
|caption = The town hall in La Bassée
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de La Bassée (59) Nord-France.svg
|arrondissement = Lille
|canton = Annœullin
|INSEE = 59051
|postal code = 59480
|mayor = Frédéric Cauderlier{{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=13 September 2022|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Métropole Européenne de Lille
|coordinates = {{coord|50.5342|2.8081|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 43
|elevation min m = 21
|elevation max m = 31
|area km2 = 3.54
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
La Bassée ({{IPA|fr|la bas'e}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59051-la-bassee INSEE commune file]
Population
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|2814|La Bassée}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59051#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |2108
|1800 |2171
|1806 |2209
|1821 |2414
|1831 |2480
|1836 |2485
|1841 |2475
|1846 |2540
|1851 |2755
|1856 |2763
|1861 |2958
|1866 |3170
|1872 |3246
|1876 |3415
|1881 |3545
|1886 |3678
|1891 |3907
|1896 |4017
|1901 |4392
|1906 |4631
|1911 |4819
|1921 |2120
|1926 |3527
|1931 |4109
|1936 |4416
|1946 |4855
|1954 |5004
|1962 |5355
|1968 |5463
|1975 |6025
|1982 |6319
|1990 |6017
|1999 |5914
|2007 |6084
|2012 |6413
|2017 |6402
}}
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Blason de la ville de La Bassée (59) Nord-France.svg
| legend1=Arms of La Bassée
| text=The arms of La Bassée are blazoned :
Gules, a demi fleur de lys issuant from the center line argent.
}}
Personalities
La Bassée was the birthplace of the painter and draftsman Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845).{{cite book|author=Rose Georgina Kingsley|title=A history of French art, 1100-1899|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bEjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA378|access-date=2 August 2011|year=1899|publisher=Longmans, Green |location=London |oclc=3677192|page=378}}
Another native was Ignace François Broutin (c. 1690–1751), a colonial officer, surveyor, architect and engineer in Louisiana (New France).
See also
References
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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)
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