Baulne-en-Brie

Baulne-en-Brie
Location of Baulne-en-Brie
Baulne-en-Brie
Baulne-en-Brie
Coordinates: 48°59′16″N 3°36′53″E / 48.9878°N 3.6147°E / 48.9878; 3.6147
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementChâteau-Thierry
CantonCondé-en-Brie
CommuneVallées-en-Champagne
Area
1
18.89 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
289
 • Density15.3/km2 (39.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
02330
Elevation82–243 m (269–797 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baulne-en-Brie (French pronunciation: [bo(l)n ɑ̃ bʁi], literally Baulne in Brie) is a former commune in the department of Aisne in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-en-Champagne, of which it is a delegated commune.[2][3]

Geography

Baulne-en-Brie is located some 15 km east by south-east of Château-Thierry and 20 km west by south-west of Épernay. It can be accessed by the D4 road from Condé-en-Brie in the west through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing east to Le Breuil. There is also a country road from La Chapelle-Monthodon in the north. The south-eastern border of the commune is part of the border between the departments of Aisne and Marne. There are three hamlets in the commune other than the village: Montchevret, Grande Fontaine, and Romandie. There are extensive forests in the north, centre, south-east and south of the commune with the rest of the area being farmland.[4]

The Verdonnelle stream flows north-west through the southern part of the commune passing near the hamlet of Romandie and continuing north-west out of the commune. The Surmelin stream flows from the south-east passing through the village and continuing north-west to join the Marne near Mézy-Moulins.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Baulne-en-Brie[5]

From To Name Party
2001 2008 Gilles Hiernard DVD
2008 2016 Bruno Lahouati

Demography

Economy

Baulne-en-Brie is an agricultural and wine-producing village and a part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone for "Champagne of Aisne".

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Madame Max Park[8]
  • The Chateau Park[9]
Other sites of interest
  • The Place Daniel Beaucreux in front of the church. In memory of the men and women of the Canton of Condé-en-Brie and the region who experienced deportation and death in the Nazi concentration camps. Marked: "Dead in Deportation, alive in our memories".
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) in the main street has been decorated on the theme of the fable "The dairy and milk jug".
  • Little Switzerland of Condé, the area around the hamlet of Romandie, gives access to the Verdonnelle valley.
  • A Directional table opposite the Chemin de Glapiers on the road to Saint-Agnan offers an outstanding view of the Surmelin valley.

Religious heritage

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

  • The Church of Saint Bartholomew (12th century).[10] It has one of the last wooden ceilings with alternating grain slats in the world. The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
    • A Funeral Plaque of Madeleine de Castellan, widow of Louis Mallart, Counsellor to the King (1633)[11]
    • The Tombstone of Guillaume de Baulne (1255)[12]
    • A Pulpit with 3 Bas-reliefs (16th century)[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 23 November 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Commune déléguée de Baulne-en-Brie, INSEE
  4. ^ a b c Google Maps
  5. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baulne-en-Brie, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001301 Madame Max Park (in French)
  9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001300 Chateau Park (in French)
  10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115519 Church of Saint Bartholomew (in French)
  11. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000071 Funeral Plaque of Madeleine de Castellan, widow of Louis Mallart, Counsellor to the King (in French)
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000070 Tombstone of Guillaume de Baulne (in French)
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000069 Pulpit with 3 Bas-reliefs (in French)