Balansun

Balansun is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Balansun
Commune
The centre of the village of Balansun
Location of Balansun
Balansun
Balansun
Coordinates: 43°29′33″N 0°41′51″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonArtix et Pays de Soubestre
IntercommunalityLacq-Orthez
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Bénédicte Alcetegaray
Area
1
10.73 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
287
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64088 /64300
Elevation84–208 m (276–682 ft)
(avg. 112 m or 367 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 Balansenais or Balansenaises.[2]

Geography

Balansun is a commune in the former province of Béarn located some 6 km east of Orthez and 4 km north of Argagnon. Access to the commune is by the D946 road from Arthez-de-Béarn in the east which passes through the centre of the commune south of the village and continues south-west to join the D817 west of Castétis. Access to the village is by the Chemin de l'Eglise which branches north off the D946 on the western side of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[3]

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with the Ruisseau de Clamondé forming the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau west of Castetis. Three streams flow through the commune from east to west into the Ruisseau de Clamondé gathering many tributaries in the commune/

Places and hamlets
  • Barran
  • Bélou
  • Bergerayre
  • Bernadou
  • Bidau
  • Bordes
  • Bourroua
  • Bousque
  • Cabalé
  • Cabanne
  • Cantegrith
  • Cantonnier
  • Carsuzaa
  • Chou
  • Cousiner
  • Craber
  • Crabérou
  • Friquet[4]
  • Garly
  • Heugarès
  • Lacabanne
  • Laheuguère[4]
  • Larribau
  • Lasserre
  • Lay
  • Loup
  • Loustalet
  • Massioo
  • Menaut
  • Menusé
  • Millet
  • Moncaud
  • Monhort
  • Naudou
  • Rouby
  • Saint-Martin[4]
  • Sarraillot
  • Sautié
  • Tisnérot
  • Touyarot
  • Trotemenut

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

Michel Grosclaude said that the origin of the original name is the Gascon Latin name of a man Valentius with the suffix -unum.[5]

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
BalansunBalansun1205Raymond
19
BérérenxVillage
Balansun13th centuryRaymond
19
Fors de Béarn
Balansun1323Grosclaude
Balensu1343Raymond
20
Pardies
Valenssun1385Raymond
20
Census
Valencin14th centuryRaymond
20
Froissart
Balanssun1536Raymond
20
Reformation
Balensun18th centuryGrosclaude
Balensun1750Cassini
Balenzun1793Ldh/EHESS/CassiniAn II
Balensun1801Ldh/EHESS/CassiniBulletin des lois
BellegardeBelegarde1538Raymond
27
ReformationFarm and Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn
Friquetla maison de Fricquet1538Raymond
65
ReformationFief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn
LaheuguèreLa Figuere1538Raymond
90
ReformationFarm
Saint-MartinSent-Marthii1385Raymond
150
CensusFarm
TresarbresTresarbres1538Raymond
168
ReformationFief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn, with 400 arpents in 1538

Sources:

Origins:

History

Paul Raymond noted that on page 20 of his 1863 dictionary that the fief of Balansun was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and, in 1385, had 27 fires depending on the bailiwick of Pau.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[12]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1942
FromToName
17921794Pierre Cazaban
17941795Jean Bousque
17951797Arnaud Tisnerot
17971800Jacques Vispalie
18001803Jean Bouisque
18031804Arnaud Casaux
18041814Arnaud Tisnerot
18141816Jean Moureu
18161821Boniface Thimothée Desbordes-Louboey
18211826Jean Tisnerot
18261832Jean Cammau
18321837Léonard Moureu
18371841Jean Caubet
18411848Jacques Vispalie
18481858Léonard Moureu
18581871Pierre Lescurat
18711886Jean Paraige
18861896Jean Debaig
18961900Jean Baptiste Daugarou
19001912Jean Debaig
19121942Jean Maubecq
Mayors from 1942
FromToNamePartyPosition
19421944Jean Baptiste Daugarou
19441946Pierre Temboury
19461977Alfred Debaig
19771995Jean Sautie
19952001Marie-Thérèse Maubecq
20012014Anny Furbeyre
20142020Bénédicte Alcetegaray

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Lacq-Orthez;
  • the SIVU of Balansun/Castétis;
  • the water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 244 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
441 335 507 486 613 569 578 574 375
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
374 329 305 276 271 265 270 269 254
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
233 231 219 219 223 194 214 200 203
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
177 202 206 215 209 207 223 244 -
Population of Balansun

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock).

Sites and monuments

The Parish Church of the Assumption of Notre-Dame (1850) is registered as an historical monument.[13]

Facilities

The commune has a primary school which is grouped in an RPI (Intercommunal Educational Grouping) with the primary school in Castétis.

gollark: What?
gollark: I would work around the 4KB limit by having that just contain a minimal network stack which lets it ask for a full network stack and the current software.
gollark: Yeeees.
gollark: Ship them to the charger, I mean.
gollark: Use rail for long journeys and drones for short intracity journeys.

See also

Notes
  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  5. Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, p. 293 ISBN 2-35068-005-3(in French)
  6. Cassini Map 1750 – Balansun
  7. Titles of the commune of Bérérenx in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  8. Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  9. Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000623 Parish Church of the Assumption of Notre-Dame (in French)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.