Balsièges

Balsièges is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

Balsièges
Commune
The church in Balsièges
Coat of arms
Location of Balsièges
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Coordinates: 44°28′53″N 3°27′30″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Bourgs sur Colagne
Intercommunality	Valdonnez
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Martin
Area ^1	32.88 km^2 (12.70 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	549
• Density	17/km^2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	48016 /48000
Elevation	652–1,093 m (2,139–3,586 ft) (avg. 685 m or 2,247 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 502 —     1800 421 −16.1% 1806 779 +85.0% 1821 711 −8.7% 1831 668 −6.0% 1836 671 +0.4% 1841 682 +1.6% 1846 721 +5.7% 1851 712 −1.2% 1856 672 −5.6% 1861 631 −6.1% 1866 614 −2.7% 1872 566 −7.8% 1876 611 +8.0% 1881 794 +30.0% 1886 611 −23.0% 1891 540 −11.6% 1896 543 +0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 489 −9.9% 1906 450 −8.0% 1911 477 +6.0% 1921 339 −28.9% 1926 332 −2.1% 1931 327 −1.5% 1936 349 +6.7% 1946 344 −1.4% 1954 296 −14.0% 1962 328 +10.8% 1968 365 +11.3% 1975 352 −3.6% 1982 313 −11.1% 1990 428 +36.7% 1999 508 +18.7% 2006 513 +1.0% 2009 521 +1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department

References

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