Vieux-Berquin

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Vieux-Berquin

(2023–2026) Pierre-Louis Ruyant^[1]Area

25.96 km² (10.02 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,649 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)DemonymVieux-Berquinois(es)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59615 /59232

Elevation15–20 m (49–66 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vieux-Berquin (French pronunciation: [vjø bɛʁkɛ̃]; Dutch: Oud-Berkijn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,864	—
1975	1,759	−0.82%
1982	1,949	+1.48%
1990	2,092	+0.89%
1999	2,185	+0.48%
2007	2,290	+0.59%
2012	2,499	+1.76%
2017	2,507	+0.06%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Vieux-Berquin are blazoned :

Or, 5 bendlets gules. (Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin and Vieux-Berquin use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE