Bauvin

Bauvin
Commune
The church in Bauvin
Coat of arms
Location of Bauvin
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Coordinates: 50°30′54″N 2°53′56″E / 50.515°N 2.8989°E / 50.515; 2.8989
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Annœullin
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Louis-Pascal Lebargy[1]
Area ^1	3.85 km^2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	5,249
• Density	1,360/km^2 (3,530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59052 /59221
Elevation	18–32 m (59–105 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bauvin (French pronunciation: [bovɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

It is 17 km (11 mi) southwest of Lille.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 724 —     1800 709 −0.30% 1806 817 +2.39% 1821 963 +1.10% 1831 970 +0.07% 1836 972 +0.04% 1841 1,083 +2.19% 1846 1,168 +1.52% 1851 1,233 +1.09% 1856 1,326 +1.46% 1861 1,731 +5.48% 1866 1,922 +2.12% 1872 1,854 −0.60% 1876 1,907 +0.71% 1881 1,998 +0.94% 1886 2,172 +1.68% 1891 2,284 +1.01% 1896 2,398 +0.98% 1901 2,620 +1.79%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,932 +2.28% 1911 3,093 +1.07% 1921 2,536 −1.97% 1926 3,253 +5.11% 1931 3,399 +0.88% 1936 3,478 +0.46% 1946 3,746 +0.75% 1954 4,006 +0.84% 1962 4,018 +0.04% 1968 3,972 −0.19% 1975 3,835 −0.50% 1982 4,356 +1.84% 1990 5,444 +2.83% 1999 5,338 −0.22% 2007 5,318 −0.05% 2012 5,288 −0.11% 2017 5,180 −0.41% 2023 5,249 +0.22%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2023)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Bauvin

The arms of Bauvin are blazoned : Or, a cross moline gules. (Annœullin, Bauvin and Mons-en-Pévèle use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bauvin, EHESS (in French).
5. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE