Bayonville

Bayonville is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.[2]

Bayonville
Bayonville village
Location of Bayonville
Bayonville
Bayonville
Coordinates: 49°23′48″N 5°00′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementVouziers
CantonVouziers
IntercommunalityArgonne Ardennaise
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Philippe Etienne
Area
1
16.19 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
99
  Density6.1/km2 (16/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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bayonvillois or Bayonvilloises.[3]

Geography

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.[4][5]

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.[4][5]

Toponymy

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[6] and the same on the 1790 version.[7]

History

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

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[8]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952020Philippe Etienne

(Not all data is known)

Demography

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[9] and INSEE[10]

Culture and heritage

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

Civil heritage

  • The Chateau of Landreville (1567) is registered as an historical monument.[11] The interior decor (16th century) is registered as an historical object.[12]

Religious heritage

Bayonville Church
  • Bayonville Church

Notable people linked to the commune

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

See also

References

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