Balacet

Balacet
Balacet
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Balacet
Coordinates: 42°53′06″N 0°58′56″E / 42.885°N 0.9822°ECoordinates: 42°53′06″N 0°58′56″E / 42.885°N 0.9822°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Castillon-en-Couserans
Intercommunality	Castillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Antoine Duburcq
Area^1	2.12 km^2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	20
• Density	9.4/km^2 (24/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09034 / 09800
Elevation	833–1,674 m (2,733–5,492 ft) (avg. 906 m or 2,972 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.

Balacet is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balacetois or Balacetoises.^[1]

Geography

Balacet is located some 8 km south-west of Audressein and 3 km north-east of Sentein in the Biros Valley. Access to the commune is by the tortuous D704 road which branches from the D4 just west of Lascoux and goes to the village then continues east to Uchentein. There is also another road that goes west from the village to Irazein. The commune is a rugged mountain commune which is heavily forested.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Gilbert Birbes
2008	2014	André Marran
2014	2020	Antoine Duburcq

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 20 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
83	86	107	126	125	102	104	108	114

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
117	121	112	116	108	109	81	82	90

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
107	103	90	71	65	64	47	29	25

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
30	29	26	14	10	24	20	20	-

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

Religious heritage

The Parish Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Pyx of "malades-chrismatoire" (13th century)^[4]
• A Ciborium (19th century)^[5]
• 2 Candlesticks (18th century)^[6]
• An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (18th century)^[7]
• A Chalice (17th century)^[8]
• A Carving: Chrisme (12th century)^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

External links

• Balacet on Lion1906
• Balacet on Google Maps
• Balacet on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Balacet on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Balacet on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

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, 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. Inhabitants of Ariège (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000070 Pyx (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000069 Ciborium (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000068 2 Candlesticks (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000067 Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000066 Chalice (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000065 Carving: Chrisme (French)