Bazoches-sur-Vesles

Bazoches-sur-Vesle

Town Hall
Bazoches-sur-Vesle

Coordinates: 49°18′28″N 3°37′10″E / 49.3078°N 3.6194°E / 49.3078; 3.6194Coordinates: 49°18′28″N 3°37′10″E / 49.3078°N 3.6194°E / 49.3078; 3.6194
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Braine
Intercommunality Val de l'Aisne
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Nicolas Demoury
Area1 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 472
 • Density 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 02054 / 02220
Elevation 52–174 m (171–571 ft)
(avg. 58 m or 190 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.

Bazoches-sur-Vesles (also spelt Bazoches-sur-Vesle "Vesle" without an "s" was officially abandoned[1][2]) -before 1943 Bazoches- is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Picardy region of northern France.

Geography

Bazoches-sur-Vasles is located some 25 km east by south-east of Soissons and 30 km west by north-west of Rheims. It is traversed from east to west by National Route N31 (E46) passing just north of the village. The village can be accessed off the N31 on road D83 which continues south-west to Mont-Notre-Dame. The D484 branches east off the D83 to Saint-Thibaut. The commune is served by the SNCF railway line from Paris (Gare de l'Est) - La Ferte-Milon - Reims with a station just south of the village. The eastern border of the commune is also the border between Aisne and Marne departments. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered patches of forest.[3]

The Vesle river forms part of the southern border of the commune before flowing west through the commune then forming the western border and continuing on to join the Aisne near Condé-sur-Aisne. There are several lakes or reservoirs to the west of the town.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

 Courcelles-sur-Vesle Paars Longueval-Barbonval
Limé Fismes
   Bazoches-sur-Vesles  
Mont-Notre-Dame Chéry-Chartreuve Saint-Gilles

History

The Roman Prefects of Gaul had a palace in the area[4]

Bazoches-sur-Vesle was the site of intense combat between American and German troops during the Vesle campaign of the First World War, in July–August 1918.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Bazoches-sur-Vesles[5]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2008 Hervé Gironnay DVG
2008 2014 Denis Yvanes
2014 2020 Nicolas Demoury

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2012 the commune had 472 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
254 297 292 331 345 358 397 427 420
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
417 422 370 366 354 324 318 326 364
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
350 363 365 292 395 375 357 328 360
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
328 311 333 281 351 383 440 457 -

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

Culture and heritage

A view of the Castle ruins

Civil heritage

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

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint Peter (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.[7][8] It contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Baptismal bowl[9]
  • 2 Tombstones for Anne de Linanges (1560), wife of Claude de Boussu, and for Nicolas de Boussu (1572)[10]
  • A Tombstone and carved effigy of Anne de Linanges (1560)[11]
  • A Baptismal font (12th century)[12]
  • A Tombstone and carved effigy of Nicolas de Boussu (1573)[13]
  • The Furniture in the Church[14]
  • The Retable in the niche of the Altar of the Virgin (18th century)[15]
  • A Chalice (19th century)[16]
  • A Chasse of Saint Rufin or Saint Valère (19th century)[17]
  • A Stoup (16th century)[18]
  • An Altar Painting: Saint évêque (18th century)[19]
  • A Statue: Sainte-Barbe (16th century)[20]
  • A Statue: The Virgin (16th century)[21]
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (18th century)[22]
  • A Mosaic: Annunciation (20th century)[23]
  • The main Altar Retable and Sacristy Enclosure (17th century)[24]

Picture Gallery

See also

External links

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. ↑ INSEE (French)
  2. ↑ The 1959 edition of the "National Dictionary of Communes of France" mentioned Bazoches-sur-Vesle but the edition of 1992 had Bazoches-sur-Vesles.
  3. 1 2 3 Google Maps
  4. ↑ Dezobry and Bachelet, Dictionary of Biography, t.1, Ch. Delagrave, 1876, p.246 (French)
  5. ↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
  6. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115520 Chateau (French)
  7. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02002134 Parish Church of Saint Peter (French)
  8. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115521 Parish Church of Saint Peter (French)
  9. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000073 Baptismal bowl (French)
  10. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000072 2 Tombstones for Anne de Linanges, wife of Claude de Boussu, and for Nicolas de Boussu (French)
  11. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004538 Tombstone and carved effigy of Anne de Linanges (French)
  12. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004507 Baptismal font (French)
  13. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004506 Tombstone and carved effigy of Nicolas de Boussu (French)
  14. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004457 Furniture in the Church (French)
  15. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004259 Retable in the niche of the Altar of the Virgin (French)
  16. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004250 Chalice (French)
  17. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004249 Chasse of Saint Rufin or Saint Valère (French)
  18. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004168 Stoup (French)
  19. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004167 Altar Painting: Saint évêque (French)
  20. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004166 Statue: Sainte-Barbe (French)
  21. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004165 Statue: The Virgin (French)
  22. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004164 Statue: Virgin and child (French)
  23. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004163 Mosaic: Annunciation (French)
  24. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004162 Main Altar Retable and Sacristy Enclosure (French)
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