Buysscheure

Buysscheure

Buisscheure
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Commune
	A view within Buysscheure
	Coat of arms
	Location of Buysscheure
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	Coordinates: 50°48′14″N 2°19′53″E / 50.8039°N 2.3314°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	CA Cœur de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Deheele
Area 1	6.15 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population (2023)	582
• Density	94.6/km2 (245/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59119 /59285
Elevation	2–50 m (6.6–164.0 ft) ; (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buysscheure (French pronunciation: [bɥiskœʁ]; from Dutch, Buisscheure in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

The source of the river Yser is located here.

Population

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2023)^[5]

Arms of Buysscheure	The arms of Buysscheure are blazoned : Gules, a chevron between 3 escallops, within a bordure Or.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Buysscheure, EHESS (in French).
^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

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