Baulou
Commune
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Location of Baulou
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Coordinates: 43°01′01″N 1°32′03″E / 43.0169°N 1.5342°E / 43.0169; 1.5342
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Val d'Ariège
Intercommunality	CA Pays Foix-Varilhes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nathalie Esquinol[1]
Area 1	14.62 km2 (5.64 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	167
• Density	11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09044 /09000
Elevation	393–655 m (1,289–2,149 ft) (avg. 490 m or 1,610 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baulou (French pronunciation: [bolu]; Occitan: Baulon) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.^[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Baulouais or Baulouaises.^[4]

Baulou is located in the Pre-Pyrenees in the Plauntaurel Mountains and a part of the Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises some 12 km south by south-west of Pamiers and 6 km north-west of Foix. Access to the commune is by the D1 road from Vernajoul in the south-east which passes through the commune and ends in the village. The D11 branches from the D117 south-west of the commune and passes through continuing north-east to Loubens. The D1a branches off the D11 in the commune and goes north-west to Aigues-Juntes. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Clarac in the commune. The commune is mainly forest with some farmland along the D1 and in scattered parts.^[5][6]

The Ruisseau d'Argentat rises north of the village and flows towards the north-west into a small artificial lake before continuing north-west to join the Lèze north-west of Aigues-Juntes. Many streams feed the left bank of the Ruisseau d'Argentat including the Goute de Chenaut which also forms the north-western border of the commune, the Freyché, the Goute de Tariol, the Goute du Peyfourcat, and the Goute du Gouas. The Ruisseau de Carol flows from the south to the village then continues north to join the Ruisseau de la Plaine north of the commune. The Fajal rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south.^[5][6]

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

In 1901, during the building of the Foix - Saint Girons railway a mammoth was discovered and called the "Mammoth of Baulou" by the scientific community.^[9] It was displayed in the hall of the Château de Foix departmental museum^[10] before being transferred to the Parc pyrénéen de l'art préhistorique (Pyrenean park of prehistoric art) at Tarascon-sur-Ariège.^[11]

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List of Successive Mayors^[12]

In 2017 the commune had 168 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 350 —     1800 199 −7.75% 1806 424 +13.44% 1821 360 −1.08% 1831 447 +2.19% 1836 458 +0.49% 1841 470 +0.52% 1846 491 +0.88% 1851 481 −0.41% 1856 464 −0.72% 1861 478 +0.60% 1866 465 −0.55% 1872 482 +0.60% 1876 523 +2.06% 1881 477 −1.82% 1886 452 −1.07% 1891 402 −2.32% 1896 589 +7.94%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 458 −4.91% 1906 371 −4.13% 1911 349 −1.22% 1921 236 −3.84% 1926 246 +0.83% 1931 237 −0.74% 1936 224 −1.12% 1946 216 −0.36% 1954 210 −0.35% 1962 157 −3.57% 1968 144 −1.43% 1975 123 −2.23% 1982 114 −1.08% 1990 130 +1.66% 1999 146 +1.30% 2007 162 +1.31% 2012 164 +0.25% 2017 168 +0.48%
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Source: EHESS[13] and INSEE[14]

• The Labouiche Subterranean River

• Communes of the Ariège department

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