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Bourghelles () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Nord department in northern
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Etymology

First recorded in 1197 as ''Borghela'' (small fortress); ultimately from Proto-Germanic ''*burgs'' (hill fort, fortress) and diminutive suffix.''L’origine de Bourghelles'' from Bourghelles official civic site http://bourghelles.com/decouvrir/lhistoire/ (in French) Retrieved 26 November 2017; etymology for related ''borough'' from etymonline at https://www.etymonline.com/word/borough retrieved 26 November 2017


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Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders {{Nord-geo-stub