Balnot-la-Grange

Balnot-la-Grange
Commune
Location of Balnot-la-Grange
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Coordinates: 47°59′12″N 4°11′54″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Les Riceys
Intercommunality	CC du Chaourçois et du Val d'Armance
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Nosley[1]
Area ^1	20.11 km^2 (7.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	115
• Density	5.7/km^2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10028 /10210
Elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Balnot-la-Grange (French pronunciation: [ba(l)no la ɡʁɑ̃ʒ]) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

Geography

Balnot-la-Grange is located some 35 km south by south-east of Troyes and 22 km north-east of Tonnerre. Part of the southern border is the departmental border between Aube and Yonne. Access to the commune is by road D84 from Chesley in the west which passes through the village and continues north-east to Arrelles. The D34 from Maisons-lès-Chaource to Villiers-le-Bois passes through the west of the commune. The D125 comes from Bragelogne-Beauvoir in the south-east and passes through the village continuing north-west to join the D34 in the commune. The D17 from Pargues to Bagneux-la-Fosse passes through the north-eastern corner of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with some forests west of the village.[3]

The Marve river flows through the commune and the village from the south and continues north until it joins the Hozain near La Chapelle-d'Oze.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

In Gallo-Roman times three Roman roads left from Vertault (Vertillum, an important centre south of Côte-d'Or) towards the north. One of these ways passed through Chaource via Balnot-la-Grange.

Until the 16th century Balnot had only a barn - i.e., a farm belonging to the Abbey of Quincy. When the Abbey could not reclaim this ruined barn, it decided to break up the land and, according to an agreement in 1518, made a gift to every person wishing to settle there. The donation consisted of an arpent to build a house and outbuildings through a censive for the dwelling, a royalty for the fireplace, and the right to cultivate the land. New residents received the right to use the woods and a pond belonging to the abbey and, in addition, to earn release from serfdom. It was stipulated that the people could not assemble without the authorization of the abbot.

In 1775 the French economist Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours recommended three levels of assembly:

• the municipalities of the parish;
• the municipalities of the arrondissement or election of the district;
• the municipalities of the province.

The Royal settlement of 23 June 1787 required that each election be divided into six electoral arrondissements. That law was randomly applied and so the election of Bar-sur-Aube was divided into twelve arrondissements including that of Balnot-la-Grange. Its existence was brief as it served as an electoral boundary for only one vote.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From	To	Name
	1857	Morel
2001	2008	Serge Hugerot
2008	2026	Patrice Nosley

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balnotiers or Balnotières in French.[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 478 —     1800 504 +0.76% 1806 444 −2.09% 1821 451 +0.10% 1831 506 +1.16% 1836 452 −2.23% 1841 403 −2.27% 1846 386 −0.86% 1851 442 +2.75% 1856 398 −2.08% 1861 381 −0.87% 1866 392 +0.57% 1872 364 −1.23% 1876 348 −1.12% 1881 321 −1.60% 1886 323 +0.12% 1891 312 −0.69% 1896 296 −1.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 278 −1.25% 1906 271 −0.51% 1911 243 −2.16% 1921 228 −0.64% 1926 250 +1.86% 1931 248 −0.16% 1936 236 −0.99% 1946 228 −0.34% 1954 230 +0.11% 1962 221 −0.50% 1968 224 +0.22% 1975 191 −2.25% 1982 181 −0.77% 1990 184 +0.21% 1999 158 −1.68% 2007 154 −0.32% 2012 125 −4.09% 2017 120 −0.81%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Sites and monuments

The current Malassise Farm is a former mansion from the 16th century.

The Parish Church of the Nativity of Saint Vierge contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Bust-Reliquary: Saint Bishop (17th century)[8]
• Statues (18th century)[9]
• Stained glass window: Tree of Jesse (16th century)[10]
• A Bronze Bell (1737)[11]
• 3 Holy Oil Ampules (19th century)[12]
• A Ciborium (18th century)[13]
• 3 Chalices with Patens (19th century)[14]
• A Confessional (18th century)[15]
• A Stall with desk (18th century)[16]
• A Tombstone for Charles-Antoine Andras (1776)[17]
• An Altar, Retable, and Painting: Notre-Dame de la Salette (19th century)[18]
• A Sarcophagus[19]
• A Baptismal font (16th century)[20]
• A Painting: Saint Nicolas (1843)[21]
• The main Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (16th century)[22]
• The Furniture in the Church[23]

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

External links

• Balnot-la-Grange on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Balnot-la-Grange on the 1750 Cassini Map

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Le nom des habitants du 10 - Aube, habitants.fr
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Balnot-la-Grange, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004845 Bust-Reliquary: Saint Bishop (in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004844 Virgin and child PM10004843 Saint Edme PM10004842 Saint Denis PM10004841 Christ on the Cross IM10013614 Saint Marguerite (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000122 Stained glass] window: Tree of Jesse] (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013627 Bronze Bell (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013626 3 Holy Oil Ampules (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013625 Ciborium (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013624 Chalice with Paten IM10013623 Chalice with Paten IM10013622 Chalice with Paten (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013621 Confessional (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013620 Stall with Desk (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013619 Tombstone for Charles-Antoine Andras (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013618 Altar, Retable, and Painting: Notre-Dame de la Salette (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013617 Sarcophagus (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013616 Baptismal font (in French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013615 Painting: Saint Nicolas (in French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013534 Main Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (in French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10013976 Furniture in the Church (in French)