Blismes

Blismes is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. The commune accommodates one of the finest specimens of Field Elm (Orme champetre) Ulmus minor in France.

Blismes
Commune
Location of Blismes
Blismes Blismes
Coordinates: 47°07′56″N 3°49′16″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Château-Chinon
Canton	Château-Chinon
Intercommunality	Haut Morvan
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marc Perrin
Area ^1	26.89 km^2 (10.38 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	180
• Density	6.7/km^2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58034 /58120
Elevation	268–492 m (879–1,614 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Field elm, Blismes, Nièvre, France

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	235	—
1800	171	−27.2%
1806	188	+9.9%
1821	671	+256.9%
1831	712	+6.1%
1836	676	−5.1%
1841	734	+8.6%
1846	766	+4.4%
1851	809	+5.6%
1856	763	−5.7%
1861	780	+2.2%
1866	777	−0.4%
1872	755	−2.8%
1876	773	+2.4%
1881	809	+4.7%
1886	848	+4.8%
1891	822	−3.1%
1896	805	−2.1%
1901	711	−11.7%
1906	688	−3.2%
1911	672	−2.3%
1921	544	−19.0%
1926	523	−3.9%
1931	473	−9.6%
1936	475	+0.4%
1946	451	−5.1%
1954	392	−13.1%
1962	358	−8.7%
1968	335	−6.4%
1975	266	−20.6%
1982	232	−12.8%
1990	233	+0.4%
1999	191	−18.0%
2006	162	−15.2%
2009	164	+1.2%

See also

• Communes of the Nièvre department
• Parc naturel régional du Morvan

References

• INSEE commune file

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