Balsac, Aveyron

Balsac
Balsac
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Balsac
Coordinates: 44°24′14″N 2°26′45″E / 44.4039°N 2.4458°E / 44.4039; 2.4458Coordinates: 44°24′14″N 2°26′45″E / 44.4039°N 2.4458°E / 44.4039; 2.4458
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Rodez
Canton	Marcillac-Vallon
Intercommunality	Causse et Vallon de Marcillac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Daniel Raynal
Area¹	15.57 km² (6.01 sq mi)
Population (2010)²	611
• Density	39/km² (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	12020 / 12510
Elevation	374–606 m (1,227–1,988 ft) (avg. 577 m or 1,893 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Balsac is a French commune in the Aveyron department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balsacois or Balsacoises.^[1]

Geography

Balsac is located some 10 km north-west of Rodez and 8 km south-east of Saint-Christophe-Vallon, immediately west of Rodez–Marcillac Airport. Access to the commune is by the D598 which branches off the D57 west of the commune and passes through the village continuing to join the D840 south-east of the commune. The D626 goes north-east from the village to join the D840. The commune is entirely farmland.^[2]

The Ruisseau des Parranies and its tributary the Ruisseau du Sauvage rise in the south of the commune and flow west then north-west, forming part of the western border of the commune, to join the Ruisseau de l'Ady west of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Balsac

Mayran

Moyrazès

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name
1866	1868	Louis Bernat
1868	1874	Auguste Bernat
1874	1881	Théophile Guizot
1881	1888	Adrien Vareilles
1888	1907	Auguste Bernat
1907	1908	Joseph Sanhes
1908	1911	Ernest Mercadier
1911	1912	Etienne Malaterre
1912	1919	Henri Molinier
1919	1925	Théophile Palayret
1925	1935	Casimir Molinie
1935	1945	Etienne Bonnefous
1945	1947	Marcel Palayret
1947	1977	Etienne Bonnefous
1977	1995	François Pons
1995	2008	Alain Gabriac
2008	2020	Daniel Raynal

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 611 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
591	461	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	595	569	605	648	633	612	563

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
536	520	481	434	407	411	402	400	361

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
346	328	347	407	411	501	565	611	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and monuments

There are two sites which are registered as historical monuments:

The Ruins of the old Priory of Sauvage (13th century)^[4]
A Chateau of Balsac (16th century)^[5] belonged to the Glandières family then the Faramond family, and finally sold by them in 1780 to a citizen of Rodez called Grailhe.
The Parish Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)^[6]
- A Statue: Saint Antoine (15th century)^[7]
- A Statue: Saint Foy (15th century)^[8]

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, 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

↑ Inhabitants of Aveyron (French)
1 2 3 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00093961 Ruins of the old Priory of Sauvage (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA12000040 Chateau (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM12000016 Statue: Virgin and child (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM12000018 Statue: Saint Antoine (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM12000017 Statue: Saint Foy (French)

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Balsac, Aveyron