La Bassée (French pronunciation: [la bas'e]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,108 —     1800 2,171 +0.42% 1806 2,209 +0.29% 1821 2,414 +0.59% 1831 2,480 +0.27% 1836 2,485 +0.04% 1841 2,475 −0.08% 1846 2,540 +0.52% 1851 2,755 +1.64% 1856 2,763 +0.06% 1861 2,958 +1.37% 1866 3,170 +1.39% 1872 3,246 +0.40% 1876 3,415 +1.28% 1881 3,545 +0.75% 1886 3,678 +0.74% 1891 3,907 +1.22% 1896 4,017 +0.56%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,392 +1.80% 1906 4,631 +1.07% 1911 4,819 +0.80% 1921 2,120 −7.88% 1926 3,527 +10.72% 1931 4,109 +3.10% 1936 4,416 +1.45% 1946 4,855 +0.95% 1954 5,004 +0.38% 1962 5,355 +0.85% 1968 5,463 +0.33% 1975 6,025 +1.41% 1982 6,319 +0.68% 1990 6,017 −0.61% 1999 5,914 −0.19% 2007 6,084 +0.35% 2012 6,413 +1.06% 2017 6,402 −0.03%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Heraldry

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).

Another native was Ignace François Broutin (c. 1690–1751), a colonial officer, surveyor, architect and engineer in Louisiana (New France).

René Féret French actor producer and director 1945-2015 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299677/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

See also

• Communes of the Nord department