Baulme-la-Roche

Baulme-la-Roche
A general view of Baulme-la-Roche
A general view of Baulme-la-Roche
Coat of arms of Baulme-la-Roche
Location of Baulme-la-Roche
Map
Baulme-la-Roche is located in France
Baulme-la-Roche
Baulme-la-Roche
Baulme-la-Roche is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Baulme-la-Roche
Baulme-la-Roche
Coordinates: 47°20′48″N 4°47′59″E / 47.3467°N 4.7997°E / 47.3467; 4.7997
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementDijon
CantonTalant
IntercommunalityOuche et Montagne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Raphaël Véjux[1]
Area
1
6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
90
 • Density13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21051 /21410
Elevation360–596 m (1,181–1,955 ft)
(avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baulme-la-Roche (French pronunciation: [bo(l)m la ʁɔʃ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Rochebalmiens or Rochebalmiennes.[4]

Geography

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View of the commune

Baulme-la-Roche is located some 17 km west by north-west of Dijon and 8 km north-east of Sombernon. Access to the commune is by the D104C from Mâlain in the south which passes through the commune and the village and continues north-east to join the D10 south-east of Panges. The Paris–Marseille railway passes through the commune and the entrance to the Blaisy-Bas Tunnel is in the commune. The nearest station is at Malain south of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland but there are extensive forests - especially in the east.[5][6]

The Douix river rises in the west of the commune and flows south-east to join the Ouche east of Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche. The Ruisseau de Baulme-la-Roche rises in the centre of the commune and flows south-west to join the Douix.[5][6]

Toponymy

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Baulme-la-Roche appears as Beaume la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]

Heraldry

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Arms of Baulme-la-Roche
Arms of Baulme-la-Roche
Blazon:

Party per fess, at 1 party per pale, Argent a cross Gules charged with 5 roses and Azure a dexter arm carnation vested Argent holds a crozier of Or; at 2 Azure, a mountain of 3 hillocks of Or; all debruised by a barrulet on the division charged with a fess wavy of Azure.



Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[9]

From To Name
2001 2011 Gisèle Monot
2011 2014 Jean Luc Gourdin
2014 2026 Raphaël Véjux

Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 90 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 357—    
1800 329−1.16%
1806 335+0.30%
1821 314−0.43%
1831 300−0.46%
1836 284−1.09%
1841 249−2.60%
1846 393+9.56%
1851 392−0.05%
1856 244−9.05%
1861 239−0.41%
1866 222−1.46%
1872 198−1.89%
1876 238+4.71%
1881 234−0.34%
1886 214−1.77%
1891 211−0.28%
1896 195−1.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 177−1.92%
1906 186+1.00%
1911 184−0.22%
1921 150−2.02%
1926 170+2.53%
1931 168−0.24%
1936 156−1.47%
1946 139−1.15%
1954 130−0.83%
1962 120−1.00%
1968 106−2.05%
1975 77−4.46%
1982 88+1.93%
1990 100+1.61%
1999 118+1.86%
2007 125+0.72%
2012 108−2.88%
2017 90−3.58%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]
Baulme-la-Roche

Culture and heritage

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The Fountain
The Parish Church

Civil heritage

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The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Farmhouse (16th century)[12]
  • A House (1807)[13]
  • A Farmhouse (18th century)[14]
  • A House (19th century)[15]
  • A Blacksmith's House (1818)[16]
  • A Fountain at Rue Landel (1822)[17]
  • Houses and farms (17th-19th century)[18]
  • A Fountain at la Dhuys (1822)[19]

Religious heritage

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The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. In total, including civil heritage, there are 40 historical objects in the commune.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
  5. ^ a b Baulme-la-Roche on Google Maps
  6. ^ a b Baulme-la-Roche on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ^ Beaume la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. ^ Beaume la Roche on the 1790 Cassini Map
  9. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  10. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baulme-la-Roche, EHESS (in French).
  11. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059737 Farmhouse (in French)
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059736 House (in French)
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059859 Farmhouse (in French)
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059740 House (in French)
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059742 Blacksmith's House (in French)
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112097 Fountain (in French)
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059858 Houses and farms (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059782 Fountain (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059782 PA21000008 Benedictine Priory (in French)
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059738 IA00059739 Parish Church of Saint Martin (in French)
  22. ^ Base Palissy: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)