Barisis-aux-Bois

Barisis-aux-Bois
Old Barisis Railway Station
Coat of arms
Barisis-aux-Bois
Location within Picardy region  Barisis-aux-Bois
Coordinates: 49°34′43″N 3°19′41″E / 49.5786°N 3.3281°ECoordinates: 49°34′43″N 3°19′41″E / 49.5786°N 3.3281°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Intercommunality	Val de l'Ailette
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	François Bobo
Area^1	15.11 km^2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	723
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02049 / 02700
Elevation	53–186 m (174–610 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 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.

Barisis-aux-Bois, formerly called Barisis until 3 December 2014,^[1] is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Picardy region of northern France.^[2]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barisiens or Barisiennes^[3]

Geography

Barisis-aux-Bois is located some 20 km west of Laon and 25 km north of Soissons. The village is in the heart of the national forest of Saint-Gobain. The commune can be accessed by the D1750 road from Pierremande in the west to the village with the D534 continuing east to Saint-Gobain and the D535 going south-east to Septvaux. There is also the D53 road from Amigny-Rouy in the north passing through the village and continuing south to Verneuil-sous-Coucy. The D7 road from Amigny-Rouy to Saint-Gobain passes through the northern corner of the commune. Other than the village there are three hamlets in the commune: Bernagousse, L'Abbaye, and Le Crotoir. The commune is heavily forested - especially in the north - with some areas of farmland.^{[4] [5]}

The Menil stream passes through the commune from south to north joining the Ruisseau de Servais and continuing north forming part of the eastern border of the commune joining with many other streams before joining the Oise.^[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[4]

History

Barisis-aux-Bois appears as Barisy on the 1750 Cassini Map^[6] and the same on the 1790 version.^[7]

The spelling of Barisis was registered in the Bulletin des lois of 1801 although in 1793 the spelling had been Barizis.^[8]

Barisis-aux-Bois has an old railway station on the former Chauny to Saint-Gobain line.

Barisis Station in 1900.

Old railway bridge

Heraldry

Blazon: Party per bend sinister, one azure, with a tree proper in pale leaved in vert truncated by bend; two vert, a herbed terrace over a river all in bend sinister; over all a bend sinister argent charged with four pigs proper spotted in sable contourned.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Barisis-aux-Bois^[9]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1977	1983	Marie Claire Dejean-Ficheau
1983	2001	Paul Nimal
2001	2008	Michèle Geais	PS
2008	2008	Didier Lemée
2008	2020	François Bobo

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 723 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
834	1,003	967	1,078	1,207	1,241	1,231	1,288	1,193

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
1,068	1,091	1,077	1,025	1,024	943	917	876	847

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
825	848	858	450	662	580	562	545	615

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2010
638	723	694	697	689	669	699	708	723

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

Notable people linked to the commune

• Louis Nicolas Lemasle, painter, retired in Barisis and died there on 14 October 1876.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

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" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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. Decree No. 2014-1447 dated 3 December 2014 (French)
2. Barisis on Lion1906
3. Inhabitants of Aisne (French)
4. Barisis on Google Maps
5. Barisis on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
6. Barisy on the 1750 Cassini Map
7. Barisy on the 1790 Cassini Map
8. Ldh/EHESS/Cassini database (French)
9. List of Mayors of France (French)