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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Canton
  
Orthez

Area
  
10.73 km²

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arrondissement
  
Pau

Intercommunality
  
Lacq-Orthez

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Balansun is a French commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Contents

Map of 64300 Balansun, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balansenais or Balansenaises.

Geography

Balansun is a commune in the former province of Béarn located some 6 km east of Orthez and 4 km north of Argagnon. Access to the commune is by the D946 road from Arthez-de-Béarn in the east which passes through the centre of the commune south of the village and continues south-west to join the D817 west of Castétis. Access to the village is by the Chemin de l'Eglise which branches north off the D946 on the western side of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with the Ruisseau de Clamondé forming the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau west of Castetis. Three streams flow though the commune from east to west into the Ruisseau de Clamondé gathering many tributaries in the commune/

Toponymy

Michel Grosclaude said that the origin of the original name is the Gascon Latin name of a man Valentius with the suffix -unum.

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Sources:

  • Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)
  • Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
  • Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini database (French)
  • Origins:

  • Bérérenx: Chapter of Bérérenx
  • Fors de Béarn
  • Pardies: Notaries of Pardies
  • Census: Census of Béarn
  • Froissart: Jean Froissart, Book IV
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
  • History

    Paul Raymond noted that on page 20 of his 1863 dictionary that the fief of Balansun was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and, in 1385, had 27 fires depending on the bailiwick of Pau.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    Mayors from 1942

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Lacq-Orthez;
  • the SIVU of Balansun/Castétis;
  • the water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • Demography

    In 2010 the commune had 244 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.

    Population Change (See database)

    Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

    Economy

    Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock).

    Sites and monuments

    The Parish Church of the Assumption of Notre-Dame (1850) is registered as an historical monument.

    Facilities

    The commune has a primary school which is grouped in an RPI (Intercommunal Educational Grouping) with the primary school in Castétis.

    References

    Balansun Wikipedia