Bayonville

Bayonville
Bayonville village
Bayonville village
Location of Bayonville
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Bayonville is located in France
Bayonville
Bayonville
Bayonville is located in Grand Est
Bayonville
Bayonville
Coordinates: 49°23′48″N 5°00′23″E / 49.3967°N 5.0064°E / 49.3967; 5.0064
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementVouziers
CantonVouziers
IntercommunalityArgonne Ardennaise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Etienne[1]
Area
1
16.19 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
70
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08052 /08240
Elevation181–305 m (594–1,001 ft)
(avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bayonville is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bayonvillois or Bayonvilloises.[4]

Geography

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Bayonville is located some 40 km south by south-east of Charleville-Mézières and 15 km south-west of Stenay. Access to the commune is by the D12 road from Buzancy in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Bantheville - changing to the D15 at the departmental border. Another D15 comes from Tailly in the north-east and goes south through the commune and the village continuing to Imécourt in the south-west. The D55 goes south from the village to Landres-et-Saint-Georges. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Chennery and Landreville. The commune is mostly farmland with some forest in the east and north.[5][6]

The Agron river flows through the south-east of the commune from north-east to south-west where it continues a meandering path to join the Aire south-west of Saint-Juvin. The Ruisseau du Wassieux flows south-west through the commune and continues south-west to join the Agron near Imécourt. The Furba rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Agron at Landreville.[5][6]

Toponymy

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Bayonville was attested in the Latinised form Baionis villa in 960. The derivation is undoubtedly from the "Domain of Baio", a Germanic personal name (cf. Bayonvillers)

Bayonville appears as Bayonville on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]

History

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In 1828 the communes of Chennery and Landreville were merged with the commune of Bayonville. In 1864 Landreville had 80 inhabitants.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[9]

From To Name
1995 2026 Philippe Etienne

Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 99 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 360—    
1800 412+1.95%
1806 403−0.37%
1821 364−0.68%
1831 545+4.12%
1836 537−0.30%
1841 512−0.95%
1846 521+0.35%
1851 529+0.31%
1866 489−0.52%
1872 453−1.27%
1876 464+0.60%
1881 418−2.07%
1886 392−1.28%
1891 397+0.25%
1896 380−0.87%
1901 337−2.37%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 330−0.42%
1911 315−0.93%
1921 220−3.53%
1926 234+1.24%
1931 227−0.61%
1936 219−0.71%
1946 200−0.90%
1954 214+0.85%
1962 223+0.52%
1968 200−1.80%
1975 171−2.21%
1982 142−2.62%
1990 127−1.39%
1999 106−1.99%
2007 116+1.13%
2012 100−2.92%
2017 99−0.20%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Culture and heritage

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The Chateau of Landreville
Boudoir in the Chateau
The Louis XIII Salon in the Chateau

Civil heritage

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  • The Chateau of Landreville (1567) is registered as an historical monument.[12] The interior decor (16th century) is registered as an historical object.[13]

Religious heritage

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Bayonville Church
  • Bayonville Church

Notable people linked to the commune

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  • Claude-François de Maillard first Marquis of Landreville in 1760

See also

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References

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  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. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
  5. ^ a b c Bayonville on Google Maps
  6. ^ a b Bayonville on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ^ Bayonville on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. ^ Bayonville 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 Bayonville, EHESS (in French).
  11. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA08000001 Chateau of Landreville (in French)
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000685 Interior Decor (in French)