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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Bousignies-sur-Roc
|commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image = Bousignies-sur-Roc (Nord, Fr) vue du village.jpg
|caption = A general view of Bousignies-sur-Roc
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Boeschepe (59) Nord-France.svg
|arrondissement = Avesnes-sur-Helpe
|canton = Fourmies
|INSEE = 59101
|postal code = 59149
|mayor = Aurélie Welonek<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = [[Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre]]
|coordinates = {{coord|50.2642|4.1828|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 160
|elevation min m = 130
|elevation max m = 224
|area km2 = 12.14
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Bousignies-sur-Roc''' ({{IPA|fr|buziɲi syʁ ʁɔk}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] [[Departments of France|department]] in northern [[France]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59101-bousignies-sur-roc INSEE commune file]</ref>

In early 2021, the commune made international headlines<ref>{{Cite web| title = Angleterre, Japon, Équateur, USA, Canada… Buzz mondial pour la borne d'Erquelinnes!| trans-title = | work = sudinfo.be | date = May 6, 2021 | access-date = 3 July 2021 | url = https://www.sudinfo.be/id392001/article/2021-05-06/angleterre-japon-equateur-usa-canada-buzz-mondial-pour-la-borne-derquelinnes | language = fr }}</ref> after some historians on a walk noticed that a stone marking the French-Belgian border near the village was moved by about two meters into the French territory.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Bousignies-sur-Roc : il déplace une borne frontière… et réduit la superficie du village et donc de la France | first = Alice | last = Bonvoisin | work = La Voix du Nord | date = April 27, 2021 | access-date = 3 July 2021 | url = https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/992266/article/2021-04-27/bousignies-sur-roc-il-deplace-une-borne-frontiere-et-viole-le-traite-de-courtrai | language = fr
}}</ref> Internationally, it was initially reported that the stone was moved by a Belgian farmer who was frustrated about the stone blocking the path of his tractor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/world/europe/france-belgium-border-moved.html|title=A Farmer Moved a 200-Year-Old Stone, and the French-Belgian Border|first=Anna|last=Schaverien |date=May 5, 2021 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Caitlin |last=O'Kane |date=May 6, 2021 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/farmer-moves-belgium-france-border/ |title=A Belgian farmer was annoyed by the stone in his tractor's path. He moved it and the French border |publisher =[[CBS News]] }}</ref> However, the owner of the area that encompasses the stone, David Lavaux, is a veterinarian who claims that he never moved the stone.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Frontière franco-belge déplacée : une commission bientôt convoquée pour remettre la borne à Bousignies-sur-Roc | first = Rafaela |last = Biry-Vicente | work = France Bleu | date = May 10, 2021 | access-date = 3 July 2021 | url = https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/insolite/une-commission-franco-belge-bientot-convoquee-pour-remettre-la-borne-frontiere-deplacee-a-bousignies-1620653276 | language = fr }}</ref>
In June 2021, YouTuber [[The Tim Traveller]] published a video showing that the stone has not been moved back since the initial report.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddlv47t1tQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8ddlv47t1tQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Can You REALLY Move The French-Belgian Border By Accident With A Tractor? |author=The Tim Traveller |website=[[YouTube]] |date=June 3, 2021|access-date=3 July 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-59101#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |526
|1975 |531
|1982 |503
|1990 |401
|1999 |410
|2009 |421
|2014 |417
|2020 |379
}}

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Nord department]]

==References==
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