Baillou

Baillou is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Notable buildings are the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the Château de Baillou whose vast property spans most of the region.

Baillou
Commune
Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Coat of arms
Location of Baillou
Baillou Baillou
Coordinates: 47°58′08″N 0°50′35″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Le Perche
Intercommunality	Collines du Perche
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Luc Pelletier
Area ^1	19.85 km^2 (7.66 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	226
• Density	11/km^2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41012 /41170
Elevation	88–166 m (289–545 ft) (avg. 152 m or 499 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The history of Baillou is inherently linked to the Baillou family, one of the oldest aristocratic families and landowners in Europe.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	626	—
1800	609	−2.7%
1806	720	+18.2%
1821	628	−12.8%
1831	645	+2.7%
1836	633	−1.9%
1841	670	+5.8%
1846	640	−4.5%
1851	675	+5.5%
1856	649	−3.9%
1861	637	−1.8%
1866	582	−8.6%
1872	604	+3.8%
1876	605	+0.2%
1881	571	−5.6%
1886	581	+1.8%
1891	578	−0.5%
1896	568	−1.7%
1901	548	−3.5%
1906	562	+2.6%
1911	571	+1.6%
1921	529	−7.4%
1926	485	−8.3%
1931	508	+4.7%
1936	501	−1.4%
1946	521	+4.0%
1954	450	−13.6%
1962	410	−8.9%
1968	354	−13.7%
1975	276	−22.0%
1982	250	−9.4%
1990	230	−8.0%
1999	229	−0.4%
2006	244	+6.6%
2009	248	+1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
• Baillo

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.