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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Bouvines
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| Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 3°10′59″E / 50.583°N 3.183°ECoordinates: 50°34′59″N 3°10′59″E / 50.583°N 3.183°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Nord | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Cysoing | |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Bouvard | |
| Area1 | 2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 713 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59106 /59830 | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bouvines is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, and a village, on the French-Belgian frontier between Lille and Tournay.
It was the site of the Battle of Bouvines, on 27 July 1214. It was fought between the forces of Philip Augustus, king of France, and those of the coalition formed against him, of which the principal members were the emperor and King John of England.
Bendy Or and azure. (Baisieux, Bouvines and Cysoing use the same arms.)
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