Barbuise

Barbuise
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Barbuise
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Barbuise
Coordinates: 48°33′32″N 3°34′39″E / 48.5589°N 3.5775°ECoordinates: 48°33′32″N 3°34′39″E / 48.5589°N 3.5775°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Seine
Canton	Villenauxe-la-Grande
Intercommunality	Nogentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Alain Boyer
Area^1	18.09 km^2 (6.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	404
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10031 / 10400
^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.

Barbuise is a French commune in the Aube department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-central France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbisiens or Barbisiennes.^[2]

Geography

Barbuise is located some 45 km north-west of Troyes and 20 km east of Provins. Access to the commune is by the D40 from La Villeneuve-au-Châtelot in the east which passes through the heart of the commune south of the village and continues west then south-west to join the D40A to Chalautre-la-Grande. The D52 comes from Villenauxe-la-Grande in the north and passes through the village before continuing south-east to Pont-sur-Seine. The D97 goes north-west from the village to Montpothier. The D174 branches off the D97 west of the village and goes north to Plessis-Barbuise. The D197 connects the D40 and the D97 in the west of the commune. The commune is almost all farmland with many lakes occupying a significant area of land in a belt across the commune and in the south-east.^[3][4]

The Canal de Courtavant crosses the south-east of the commune from south-west to north-east. The Noxe river flows from the north passing near the village and joins the canal. The Canal de Soulaunoy joins the Noxe south-west of the village.^[3]

Mapping

A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article. None of these maps, however, show the extent of nor any information on the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

The area of the commune has been occupied since anceient times as evidenced by many archaeological discoveries and megaliths in the commune.

Barbuise appears as Barbuife on the 1750 Cassini Map^[5] and as Barbuise on the 1790 version.^[6]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1857	Dupont
	1887	Célestin Denis
2001	2020	Alain Boyer

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 416 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
473	511	511	539	565	553	565	588	593

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
602	586	600	579	557	527	507	477	450

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
433	407	401	329	333	299	287	298	288

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
304	298	276	287	270	345	-	416	-

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

Sites and monuments

The Dolmen

• The Dolmen of Grèves de Fraicul (Neolithic) is registered as an historical monument.^[8] were a part of Cerny culture.
• The Parish Church conatins a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. For a complete list including links to descriptions (in French) click here.

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

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. Barbuise on Lion1906
2. Inhabitants of Aube (French)
3. Barbuise on Google Maps
4. Barbuise on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
5. Barbuife on the 1750 Cassini Map
6. Barbuise on the 1790 Cassini Map
7. List of Mayors of France (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00125372 Dolmen (French)