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Baâlons is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Contents
- Map of 08430 BaC3A2lons France
- Geography
- Hamlets and localities in the commune
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and Monuments
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 08430 Ba%C3%A2lons, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Baâlonnais or Baâlonnaises.
Geography
Baâlons is located some 25 km north-east of Rethel and 18 km south of Charleville-Mézières. Access to the commune is by the D28 road from Bouvellemont in the south which passes through the village and continues north-east then north to join the D27. The D991 also goes north from Bouvellemont passing through the west of the commune to join the D951 north of Mazerny. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with particularly large forests in the east.
The Ruisseau du Fond Cahors rises west of the village and flows west to join the Ruisseau de la Fontaine aux Chênes. The Ruisseau des Puiselets forms the western border of the commune as it flows south to join the Ruisseau du Fond Cahors. The Ruisseau de Baâlons rises in the north of the commune and flows south towards the village then turns east to join the Ruisseau de Bairon on the eastern border. The Ruisseau de Bairon forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Étang de Bairon which feeds into the Canal des Ardennes west of Tannay.
Hamlets and localities in the commune
Géraumont was a former fief where there is still a castle, now Géromont Farm.
A small hamlet west of Baâlons village. It is now very sparsely populated however the General Dictionary of cities towns, villages, hamlets and farms of France by Duclos says that in 1846 there were 70 inhabitants.
A Hamlet in the north of the commune which is still populated.
History
Various objects have been found in the commune:
The Universal Dictionary of Ancient and Modern France and New France by Marin Saugrain stated in 1726 that:
"BAALON in Champagne, Diocese of Reims, Parliament of Paris, Intendance of Chalons, Election of Rhetel, has 419 inhabitants. The Curate is worth nine hundred livres.".
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 213 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)