Balan, Ardennes

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Balan
War memorial and town hall
War memorial and town hall
Coat of arms of Balan
Coat of arms
Location of Balan
Map
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementSedan
CantonSedan-Est
IntercommunalityCharleville-Mézières / Sedan
Government
 • Mayor (1995–2020) André Drouard
Area
1
4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
1,616
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08043 /08200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Balan is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balanais or Balanaises.[1]

The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[2]

Geography

Balan is located just east of Sedan and north-east of Bazeilles. Access to the commune is by the D8043A road from Sedan which continues south-east to Bazeilles. The D17 also passes through the town and continues east to Rubécourt-et-Lamécourt. The Route nationale N43 (E46) highway passes through the commune with the nearest exit being Exit  3  just south-east of the commune. Much of the central area of the commune is urban with the northern part farmland and some forest.[3]

The Meuse river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north through Sedan.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

From 1560 to 1642 Balan was part of the Principality of Sedan.

Heraldry

Arms of Balan
Arms of Balan
 Blazon:

Party per pale, first Azure a chevron of Or; second Argent, a fess of Gules charged with a mullet of Or between 2 martlets of Sable.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

Mayors from the 16th century to 1935
From To Name
1560 1574 Robert de la Tour
1574 Jean Foulon
1727 1730 Nicolas Gouveno
1730 1738 Noizet
1738 1739 Louis Halma
1739 1757 Jean Halma
1757 1759 Servais Godfroi
1759 1767 Henri Beuvart
1767 1786 Jean-Baptiste Thiéry
1786 1790 Claude Pierret
1790 1802 Gibou Valdory
1802 1812 Jacques Rognon
1812 1816 Branchu
1816 1821 de Bovier
1821 1837 Hourbette Malicet
1837 1848 Renard Maissin
1848 1850 Hourbette
1850 1852 Thiriet
1852 1856 Branchu
1856 1867 Lambert Plaisance
1867 1875 Martin Gourdet
1875 1890 Jean-Baptiste Somveille
1890 1891 Appolon Gombo
1891 1895 Onézime Crepel
1895 1898 Charles François Bonhomme
1898 Eugène Oudet
1913 Emile Bonneville
1913 Jules Michaux
1919 André Bazeille
1934 1935 Edouard Taltasse
Mayors from 1995
From To Name Party Position
1995 2020 André Drouard

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 1,616 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Template:Table Population Town

Population of Balan, Ardennes

Culture and heritage

The Bonhomme Spinning Mill

Civil heritage

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

  • The Bonhomme Spinning Mill (Now a Community Hall) (19th century)[5]
  • The Godchaux Weaving Mill (Now a Warehouse) (20th century)[6]
  • The Stackler Textile Works (Now a Business incubator) (19th century)[7]
  • The Bazaille Chard Plant (1906)[8]

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Jean-Baptiste Herbin-Dessaux (1765-1832): French General of the Revolution and the Empire, died at Balan.
  • Élisabeth Lion (1904-1988), French aviatrix, born at Balan.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. ^ Inhabitants of Aredennes Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ Balan, Ardennes in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Template:Fr icon
  3. ^ Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France Template:Fr icon
  5. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA08000321 Bonhomme Spinning Mill Template:Fr icon
  6. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA08000322 Godchaux Weaving Mill Template:Fr icon
  7. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA08000323 Stackler Textile Works Template:Fr icon
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA08000324 Bazaille Chard Plant Template:Fr icon

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