Bauzy

Bauzy
Commune
Location of Bauzy
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Bauzy is located in France
Bauzy
Bauzy
Bauzy is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Bauzy
Bauzy
Coordinates: 47°32′10″N 1°36′32″E / 47.536°N 1.609°E / 47.536; 1.609
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
ArrondissementBlois
CantonChambord
IntercommunalityGrand Chambord
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Henry Lemaignen[1]
Area
1
24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
273
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
41013 /41250
Elevation79–113 m (259–371 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bauzy (French pronunciation: [bozi]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in the Centre region of central France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bauziens or Bauziennes.[4]

Geography

Bauzy is located in the heart of Sologne some 20 km south-east of Blois, 40 km south-west of Orléans, and 40 km north-east of Vierzon. Access to the commune is by the D60 road from Bracieux in the north-west which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Vernou-en-Sologne. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of La Boulaie in the south-east. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[5][6]

The commune is dotted with many small lakes including the Étang d'Avaray, the Étang de l'Oie, and the Étang Saulier plus numerous others. The Beuvron river flows through the north-east of the commune from south-east to north-west and continues to join the Loire at Candé-sur-Beuvron. The Bonne Heure stream flows through the middle of the commune and the village from south-east to north-west where it joins the Beuvron at Bracieux. Many small tributaries feed the Bonne Heure from the numerous lakes.[5][6]

Toponymy

Bauzy comes from the Low Latin Balaesiacus and Balaesius and its variant Valesisus and the possessive suffix -acus giving "Domain of Balaesiacus.

Bauzy was mentioned as: Bauzi in January 1365;[7] Bauzy and Bauzi in February 1365 and January 1365;[8] Bauzy in February 1365;[9] and Bauzy en Sologne on 24 July 1376.[10]

The Parish was split up for the creation of the Parish of Fontaines-en-Sologne.

Bauzy appears as Bauzy on the 1750 Cassini Map[11] and the same on the 1790 version.[12]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[13]

From To Name
1913 1951 Louis Lemaignen
1951 2004 Gérard Lemaignen
2005 2020 Jean Paul Touchet
2020 2026 Henry Lemaignen

Population

In 2017 the commune had 278 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 336—    
1800 295−1.84%
1806 353+3.04%
1821 351−0.04%
1831 345−0.17%
1836 340−0.29%
1841 320−1.21%
1846 314−0.38%
1851 297−1.11%
1856 289−0.54%
1861 305+1.08%
1866 312+0.45%
1872 308−0.21%
1876 337+2.28%
1881 315−1.34%
1886 309−0.38%
1891 345+2.23%
1896 340−0.29%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 326−0.84%
1906 330+0.24%
1911 335+0.30%
1921 294−1.30%
1926 278−1.11%
1931 261−1.25%
1936 268+0.53%
1946 246−0.85%
1954 233−0.68%
1962 194−2.26%
1968 211+1.41%
1975 161−3.79%
1982 185+2.00%
1990 234+2.98%
1999 257+1.05%
2007 263+0.29%
2012 273+0.75%
2017 278+0.36%
Source: EHESS[14] and INSEE[15]

Distribution of age groups

The age distribution of the population of the town is similar to that of the department.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Bauzy and Loir-et-Cher Department in 2017

Bauzy Loir-et-Cher
Age Range Men Women Men Women
0 to 14 Years 23 16 18.0 16.4
15 to 29 Years 10 7 15.5 13.5
30 to 44 Years 23 20 17.0 16.7
45 to 59 Years 17 23 20.9 20.2
60 to 74 Years 19 20 18.6 19.0
75 to 89 Years 9 11 9.0 11.8
90 Years+ 0 2 1.0 2.4

Source: INSEE[15][16]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

  • The Boudeux Fountain just outside the village on the left towards Neuvy.

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Farmhouse at Villevaudran (19th century)[17]
  • A Chateau at Veillenne (1846)[18]
  • A Farmhouse at Rivaude (16th century)[19]
  • A Farmhouse at La Boulaie (16th century)[20]
  • A Unidentified Edifice (High Middle Ages)[21]
  • A House (1863)[22]
  • Farmhouses (16th-19th century)[23]
  • Houses (16th-20th century)[24]

Religious heritage

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

  • A Wayside Cross at La Rivière (1891)[25]
  • A Monumental Cross (19th century)[26]
  • The Parish Church of Saint Baumer (12th century)[27][28] The church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects.[27][28]

Personalities

  • Gérard Lemaignen (Margency, 11 September 1924 - 22 December 2004), President of the joint committee for country chateaux, President of the Community of communes of Pays de Chambord, Mayor of Bauzy from 1952 to 2004[29]
  • Louis Lemaignen (Blois, 4 July 1856 - Blois, 27 December 1951), grandfather of Gérard, Mayor of Bauzy for 39 years.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Inhabitants of Loir-et-Cher (in French)
  5. ^ a b c Bauzy on Google Maps
  6. ^ a b Bauzy on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ^ National Archives JJ-96, No. 401, fol 138° v. (in French)
  8. ^ National Archives JJ-96, No. 401, fol 138 ° v. (in French)
  9. ^ (National Archives JJ-98, No. 146, fol. 44
  10. ^ National Archives DD-109, 131, fol. 62 v °
  11. ^ Bauzy on the 1750 Cassini Map
  12. ^ Bauzy on the 1790 Cassini Map
  13. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  14. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bauzy, EHESS (in French).
  15. ^ a b Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune de Bauzy (41013)
  16. ^ Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département du Loir-et-Cher (41)
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012813 Farmhouse at Villevaudran (in French)
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012812 Chateau at Veillenne (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012810 Farmhouse at Rivaude (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012809 Farmhouse at La Boulaie (in French)
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012808 Unidentified Edifice (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012807 House (in French)
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012804 Farmhouses (in French)
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012803 Houses (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012811 Wayside Cross at La Rivière (in French)
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012806 Monumental Cross (in French)
  27. ^ a b Base Mérimée: IA00012805 Church of Saint Baumer, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  28. ^ a b Base Mérimée: PA00098332 Church of Saint Baumer, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  29. ^ In December 2004 at the death of Gérard Lemaignen, "since 1913, the commune of Bauzy has had only two mayors, Louis and Gérard Lemaignen [...], a record unique in the Republic", La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest and CCI de Loir-et-Cher (in French)
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