Baulme-la-Roche

Baulme-la-Roche is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[3]

Baulme-la-Roche
Commune
A general view of Baulme-la-Roche
Coat of arms
Location of Baulme-la-Roche
Baulme-la-Roche
Baulme-la-Roche
Coordinates: 47°20′48″N 4°47′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementDijon
CantonTalant
IntercommunalitySombernonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Raphaël Véjux[1]
Area
1
6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
90
 • Density13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21051 /21410
Elevation360–596 m (1,181–1,955 ft)
(avg. 450 m or 1,480 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 Rochebalmiens or Rochebalmiennes.[4]

Geography
View of the commune

Baulme-la-Roche is located some 17 km west by north-west of Dijon and 8 km north-east of Sombernon. Access to the commune is by the D104C from Mâlain in the south which passes through the commune and the village and continues north-east to join the D10 south-east of Panges. The Paris–Marseille railway passes through the commune and the entrance to the Blaisy-Bas Tunnel is in the commune. The nearest station is at Malain south of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland but there are extensive forests - especially in the east.[5][6]

The Douix river rises in the west of the commune and flows south-east to join the Ouche east of Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche. The Ruisseau de Baulme-la-Roche rises in the centre of the commune and flows south-west to join the Douix.[5][6]

Toponymy

Baulme-la-Roche appears as Beaume la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]

Heraldry
Arms of Baulme-la-Roche
 Blazon:

Party per fess, at 1 party per pale, Argent a cross Gules charged with 5 roses and Azure a dexter arm carnation vested Argent holds a crozier of Or; at 2 Azure, a mountain of 3 hillocks of Or; all debruised by a barrulet on the division charged with a fess wavy of Azure.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[9]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012011Gisèle Monot
20112014Jean Luc Gourdin
20142026Raphaël Véjux

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 90 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 357—    
1800 329−1.16%
1806 335+0.30%
1821 314−0.43%
1831 300−0.46%
1836 284−1.09%
1841 249−2.60%
1846 393+9.56%
1851 392−0.05%
1856 244−9.05%
1861 239−0.41%
1866 222−1.46%
1872 198−1.89%
1876 238+4.71%
1881 234−0.34%
1886 214−1.77%
1891 211−0.28%
1896 195−1.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 177−1.92%
1906 186+1.00%
1911 184−0.22%
1921 150−2.02%
1926 170+2.53%
1931 168−0.24%
1936 156−1.47%
1946 139−1.15%
1954 130−0.83%
1962 120−1.00%
1968 106−2.05%
1975 77−4.46%
1982 88+1.93%
1990 100+1.61%
1999 118+1.86%
2007 125+0.72%
2012 108−2.88%
2017 90−3.58%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]
Baulme-la-Roche

Culture and heritage
The Fountain
The Parish Church

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Farmhouse (16th century)[12]
  • A House (1807)[13]
  • A Farmhouse (18th century)[14]
  • A House (19th century)[15]
  • A Blacksmith's House (1818)[16]
  • A Fountain at Rue Landel (1822)[17]
  • Houses and farmsn (17th-19th century)[18]
  • A Fountain at la Dhuys (1822)[19]

Religious heritage

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

The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. For a complete list including links to descriptions (in French) click here.

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Baulme-la-Roche on Lion1906
  4. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
  5. Baulme-la-Roche on Google Maps
  6. Baulme-la-Roche on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. Beaume la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. Beaume la Roche on the 1790 Cassini Map
  9. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  10. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baulme-la-Roche, EHESS. (in French)
  11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059737 Farmhouse (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059736 House (in French)
  14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059859 Farmhouse (in French)
  15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059740 House (in French)
  16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059742 Blacksmith's House (in French)
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112097 Fountain (in French)
  18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059858 Houses and farms (in French)
  19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059782 Fountain (in French)
  20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059782 PA21000008 Benedictine Priory (in French)
  21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059738 IA00059739 Parish Church of Saint Martin (in French)
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