Bulcy

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Location of Bulcy

(2021–2026) Geneviève Paris^[1]Area

8.43 km² (3.25 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

142 • Density17/km² (44/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

58042 /58400

Elevation155–188 m (509–617 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bulcy (French pronunciation: [bylsi]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.

History

In 1918, during World War I, a field between the towns of Mesves-sur-Loire and Bulcy was the site of a huge American Army hospital.^[3] In November, 1918, there were 20,186 patients and a total of 38,765 wounded and convalescing soldiers spent time at this temporary hospital. As many as 140,000 Americans were stationed in the area in 1918 so the it had a major American presence.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	237	—
1975	221	−0.99%
1982	192	−1.99%
1990	168	−1.66%
1999	138	−2.16%
2009	149	+0.77%
2014	136	−1.81%
2020	140	+0.48%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Le Camp hôpital américain de Mesves-Bulcy by Francois Turcol (in French), Les Annales des Pays Nivernais (ISSN 0153-7121), ZI des Chamonds, PB 40017, 58641 Varenne-Vauzelles Cedex, 2008.
^ See the write-up on Mesves-sur-Loire, France.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE