Baulne-en-Brie

Baulne-en-Brie
Part of Vallées-en-Champagne
Location of Baulne-en-Brie
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Baulne-en-Brie is located in France
Baulne-en-Brie
Baulne-en-Brie
Baulne-en-Brie is located in Hauts-de-France
Baulne-en-Brie
Baulne-en-Brie
Coordinates: 48°59′16″N 3°36′53″E / 48.9878°N 3.6147°E / 48.9878; 3.6147
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementChâteau-Thierry
CantonCondé-en-Brie
CommuneVallées-en-Champagne
Area
1
18.89 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
289
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
02330
Elevation82–243 m (269–797 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baulne-en-Brie (French pronunciation: [bo(l)n ɑ̃ bʁi], literally Baulne in Brie) is a former commune in the department of Aisne in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-en-Champagne, of which it is a delegated commune.[2][3]

Geography

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Baulne-en-Brie is located some 15 km east by south-east of Château-Thierry and 20 km west by south-west of Épernay. It can be accessed by the D4 road from Condé-en-Brie in the west through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing east to Le Breuil. There is also a country road from La Chapelle-Monthodon in the north. The south-eastern border of the commune is part of the border between the departments of Aisne and Marne. There are three hamlets in the commune other than the village: Montchevret, Grande Fontaine, and Romandie. There are extensive forests in the north, centre, south-east and south of the commune with the rest of the area being farmland.[4]

The Verdonnelle stream flows north-west through the southern part of the commune passing near the hamlet of Romandie and continuing north-west out of the commune. The Surmelin stream flows from the south-east passing through the village and continuing north-west to join the Marne near Mézy-Moulins.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

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List of Successive Mayors of Baulne-en-Brie[5]

From To Name Party
2001 2008 Gilles Hiernard DVD
2008 2016 Bruno Lahouati

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 428—    
1800 515+2.68%
1806 572+1.76%
1821 589+0.20%
1831 637+0.79%
1836 628−0.28%
1841 673+1.39%
1846 730+1.64%
1851 724−0.16%
1856 702−0.62%
1861 639−1.86%
1866 633−0.19%
1872 562−1.96%
1876 537−1.13%
1881 504−1.26%
1886 512+0.32%
1891 527+0.58%
1896 510−0.65%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 442−2.82%
1906 420−1.02%
1911 440+0.93%
1921 380−1.46%
1926 371−0.48%
1931 334−2.08%
1936 347+0.77%
1946 299−1.48%
1954 268−1.36%
1962 256−0.57%
1968 220−2.49%
1975 194−1.78%
1982 243+3.27%
1990 219−1.29%
1999 238+0.93%
2007 290+2.50%
2012 262−2.01%
2021 289+1.10%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7][1]
The Surmelin River at Baulne-en-Brie

Economy

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Baulne-en-Brie is an agricultural and wine-producing village and a part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone for "Champagne of Aisne".

Culture and heritage

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Next to the river at Baulne-en-Brie

Civil heritage

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The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Madame Max Park[8]
  • The Chateau Park[9]
Other sites of interest
  • The Place Daniel Beaucreux in front of the church. In memory of the men and women of the Canton of Condé-en-Brie and the region who experienced deportation and death in the Nazi concentration camps. Marked: "Dead in Deportation, alive in our memories".
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) in the main street has been decorated on the theme of the fable "The dairy and milk jug".
  • Little Switzerland of Condé, the area around the hamlet of Romandie, gives access to the Verdonnelle valley.
  • A Directional table opposite the Chemin de Glapiers on the road to Saint-Agnan offers an outstanding view of the Surmelin valley.

Religious heritage

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The Church of Saint Bartholomew
Detail of the ceiling of the church

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

  • The Church of Saint Bartholomew (12th century).[10] It has one of the last wooden ceilings with alternating grain slats in the world. The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
    • A Funeral Plaque of Madeleine de Castellan, widow of Louis Mallart, Counsellor to the King (1633)[11]
    • The Tombstone of Guillaume de Baulne (1255)[12]
    • A Pulpit with 3 Bas-reliefs (16th century)[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 23 November 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Commune déléguée de Baulne-en-Brie, INSEE
  4. ^ a b c Google Maps
  5. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baulne-en-Brie, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001301 Madame Max Park (in French)
  9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001300 Chateau Park (in French)
  10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115519 Church of Saint Bartholomew (in French)
  11. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000071 Funeral Plaque of Madeleine de Castellan, widow of Louis Mallart, Counsellor to the King (in French)
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000070 Tombstone of Guillaume de Baulne (in French)
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000069 Pulpit with 3 Bas-reliefs (in French)
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