Balaguier-sur-Rance

Balaguier-sur-Rance is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Balaguier-sur-Rance
Commune
Balaguier-sur-Rance seen from the nearby hillside
Location of Balaguier-sur-Rance
Balaguier-sur-Rance
Balaguier-sur-Rance
Coordinates: 43°53′55″N 2°34′39″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonCausses-Rougiers
IntercommunalityPays Saint-Serninois
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) David Maury
Area
1
9.8 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
92
 • Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12019 /12380
Elevation253–748 m (830–2,454 ft)
(avg. 271 m or 889 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balaguiérois or Balaguiéroises.[2]

Geography

Balaguier-sur-Rance is located some 32 km east of Albi and just north of Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance. The whole western border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Aveyron and Tarn. The commune is divided into two parts situated on either side of the Rance river. Balaguier le Maigre (the thin) or le Vieux (the old) is on the right bank with its houses clinging to a rocky outcrop that supported a fortified structure of which there remains no trace. On the left bank is Balaguier le Gras (the fat) with the church, the town hall, and a chateau from the 15th and 16th centuries. Both banks are connected by a stone bridge from the 15th century. Access to the commune is by the D33 road from Curvalle in the north-west which passes through the commune and the village and joins the D999 on the communal border then continues to Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance. The D999 passes through the south of the commune as it goes from Alban to Vabres-l'Abbaye.[3]

The Rance river flows through the centre of the commune from east to west where it continues north-west to join the Tarn east of Trébas. Many tributaries rise in the commune on both banks of the Rance and flow into it.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
18461870Pierre Cadas
18701876Casimir Guy
18761902Pierre Sylvain Frédéric Villeneuve
19021904Auguste Louis Cadas
19952014Philippe Boularan
20142020David Maury

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 92 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 360—    
1800 403+1.62%
1846 519+0.55%
1851 550+1.17%
1856 506−1.65%
1861 502−0.16%
1866 480−0.89%
1872 510+1.02%
1876 502−0.39%
1881 423−3.37%
1886 458+1.60%
1891 444−0.62%
1896 450+0.27%
1901 446−0.18%
1906 403−2.01%
1911 393−0.50%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1921 329−1.76%
1926 330+0.06%
1931 294−2.28%
1936 278−1.11%
1946 268−0.37%
1954 224−2.22%
1962 209−0.86%
1968 172−3.20%
1975 150−1.94%
1982 127−2.35%
1990 104−2.47%
1999 100−0.43%
2007 91−1.17%
2012 100+1.90%
2017 92−1.65%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Sites and monuments
The Chateau Keep
  • A copy of a menhir statue found when working under the main road in the village.
  • A Chateau Keep from the 15th and 16th centuries.

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Hippolyte Coste, born 20 December 1858 in Balaguier-sur-Rance at Mas d'Estioussès.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Balaguier-sur-Rance, EHESS. (in French)
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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