Balaguier-sur-Rance

Balaguier-sur-Rance
Balaguier-sur-Rance
Commune
	Balaguier-sur-Rance seen from the nearby hillside
	Location of Balaguier-sur-Rance
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	Coordinates: 43°53′55″N 2°34′39″E / 43.8986°N 2.5775°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Causses-Rougiers
Intercommunality	Pays Saint-Serninois
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	David Maury
Area 1	9.8 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population (2021)	89
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12019 /12380
Elevation	253–748 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.

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

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^[3]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
1846	1870	Pierre Cadas
1870	1876	Casimir Guy
1876	1902	Pierre Sylvain Frédéric Villeneuve
1902	1904	Auguste Louis Cadas
1995	2014	Philippe Boularan
2014	2020	David Maury

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 104 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]}

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Sites and monuments

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.

Notes and references

Notes

^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 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

^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
^ ^a ^b ^c Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)

[5] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 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.

[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[2] Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

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