Balansun is a commune in the former province of Béarn located some 6 km east of Orthez and 4 km north of Argagnon. Access to the commune is by the D946 road from Arthez-de-Béarn in the east which passes through the centre of the commune south of the village and continues south-west to join the D817 west of Castétis. Access to the village is by the Chemin de l'Eglise which branches north off the D946 on the western side of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[3]
The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with the Ruisseau de Clamondé forming the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau west of Castetis. Three streams flow through the commune from east to west into the Ruisseau de Clamondé gathering many tributaries in the commune/
^ abcdTopographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
^Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000623 Parish Church of the Assumption of Notre-Dame (in French)
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balansun, french, pronunciation, balɑ, occitan, valensun, commune, pyrénées, atlantiques, department, nouvelle, aquitaine, region, south, western, france, communethe, centre, village, location, show, franceshow, nouvelle, aquitainecoordinates, 4925, 6975, 4925. Balansun French pronunciation balɑ sœ Occitan Valensun is a commune of the Pyrenees Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of south western France BalansunCommuneThe centre of the village of BalansunLocation of BalansunBalansunShow map of FranceBalansunShow map of Nouvelle AquitaineCoordinates 43 29 33 N 0 41 51 W 43 4925 N 0 6975 W 43 4925 0 6975CountryFranceRegionNouvelle AquitaineDepartmentPyrenees AtlantiquesArrondissementPauCantonArtix et Pays de SoubestreIntercommunalityLacq OrthezGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Benedicte Alcetegaray 1 Area110 73 km2 4 14 sq mi Population 2021 2 308 Density29 km2 74 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code64088 64300Elevation84 208 m 276 682 ft avg 112 m or 367 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Places and hamlets 1 2 Neighbouring communes and villages 2 Toponymy 3 History 4 Administration 4 1 Inter communality 5 Demography 6 Economy 7 Sites and monuments 8 Facilities 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksGeography editBalansun is a commune in the former province of Bearn located some 6 km east of Orthez and 4 km north of Argagnon Access to the commune is by the D946 road from Arthez de Bearn in the east which passes through the centre of the commune south of the village and continues south west to join the D817 west of Castetis Access to the village is by the Chemin de l Eglise which branches north off the D946 on the western side of the commune The commune is mixed forest and farmland 3 The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with the Ruisseau de Clamonde forming the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau west of Castetis Three streams flow through the commune from east to west into the Ruisseau de Clamonde gathering many tributaries in the commune Places and hamlets edit Barran Belou Bergerayre Bernadou Bidau Bordes Bourroua Bousque Cabale Cabanne Cantegrith Cantonnier Carsuzaa Chou Cousiner Craber Craberou Friquet 4 Garly Heugares Lacabanne Laheuguere 4 Larribau Lasserre Lay Loup Loustalet Massioo Menaut Menuse Millet Moncaud Monhort Naudou Rouby Saint Martin 4 Sarraillot Sautie Tisnerot Touyarot Trotemenut Neighbouring communes and villages editToponymy editMichel Grosclaude said that the origin of the original name is the Gascon Latin name of a man Valentius with the suffix unum 5 The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin DescriptionBalansun Balansun 1205 Raymond 19 Bererenx VillageBalansun 13th century Raymond 19 Fors de BearnBalansun 1323 GrosclaudeBalensu 1343 Raymond 20 PardiesValenssun 1385 Raymond 20 CensusValencin 14th century Raymond 20 FroissartBalanssun 1536 Raymond 20 ReformationBalensun 18th century GrosclaudeBalensun 1750 CassiniBalenzun 1793 Ldh EHESS Cassini An IIBalensun 1801 Ldh EHESS Cassini Bulletin des loisBellegarde Belegarde 1538 Raymond 27 Reformation Farm and Fief vassal of the Viscounts of BearnFriquet la maison de Fricquet 1538 Raymond 65 Reformation Fief vassal of the Viscounts of BearnLaheuguere La Figuere 1538 Raymond 90 Reformation FarmSaint Martin Sent Marthii 1385 Raymond 150 Census FarmTresarbres Tresarbres 1538 Raymond 168 Reformation Fief vassal of the Viscounts of Bearn with 400 arpents in 1538Sources Grosclaude Toponymic Dictionary of communes Bearn 2006 in French 5 Raymond Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses Pyrenees 1863 on the page numbers indicated in the table in French 4 Cassini Cassini Map from 1750 6 Ldh EHESS Cassini Des villages de Cassini aux communes d aujourd hui Commune data sheet Balansun EHESS in French Origins Bererenx Chapter of Bererenx 7 Fors de Bearn 8 Pardies Notaries of Pardies 9 Census Census of Bearn 10 Froissart Jean Froissart Book IV Reformation Reformation of Bearn 11 History editPaul Raymond noted that on page 20 of his 1863 dictionary that the fief of Balansun was a vassal of the Viscounts of Bearn and in 1385 had 27 fires depending on the bailiwick of Pau Administration editList of Successive Mayors 12 Mayors from the French Revolution to 1942From To Name1792 1794 Pierre Cazaban1794 1795 Jean Bousque1795 1797 Arnaud Tisnerot1797 1800 Jacques Vispalie1800 1803 Jean Bouisque1803 1804 Arnaud Casaux1804 1814 Arnaud Tisnerot1814 1816 Jean Moureu1816 1821 Boniface Thimothee Desbordes Louboey1821 1826 Jean Tisnerot1826 1832 Jean Cammau1832 1837 Leonard Moureu1837 1841 Jean Caubet1841 1848 Jacques Vispalie1848 1858 Leonard Moureu1858 1871 Pierre Lescurat1871 1886 Jean Paraige1886 1896 Jean Debaig1896 1900 Jean Baptiste Daugarou1900 1912 Jean Debaig1912 1942 Jean Maubecq Mayors from 1942From To Name1942 1944 Jean Baptiste Daugarou1944 1946 Pierre Temboury1946 1977 Alfred Debaig1977 1995 Jean Sautie1995 2001 Marie Therese Maubecq2001 2014 Anny Furbeyre2014 2026 Benedicte AlcetegarayInter communality edit The commune is part of four inter communal structures the Communaute de communes de Lacq Orthez the SIVU of Balansun Castetis the water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons the Energy association of Pyrenees Atlantiques Demography editThe inhabitants of the commune are known as Balansenais or Balansenaises in French 13 Historical populationYearPop p a 1793441 1800335 3 85 1806507 7 15 1821486 0 28 1831613 2 35 1836569 1 48 1841578 0 31 1846574 0 14 1851375 8 16 1856374 0 05 1861329 2 53 1866305 1 50 1872276 1 65 1876271 0 46 1881265 0 45 1886270 0 37 1891269 0 07 1896254 1 14 YearPop p a 1901233 1 71 1906231 0 17 1911219 1 06 1921219 0 00 1926223 0 36 1931194 2 75 1936214 1 98 1946200 0 67 1954203 0 19 1962177 1 70 1968202 2 23 1975206 0 28 1982215 0 61 1990209 0 35 1999207 0 11 2007234 1 54 2012279 3 58 2017287 0 57 Source EHESS 14 and INSEE 15 Economy editEconomic activity is mainly agricultural livestock Sites and monuments editThe Parish Church of the Assumption of Notre Dame 1850 nbsp is registered as an historical monument 16 Facilities editThe commune has a primary school which is grouped in an RPI Intercommunal Educational Grouping with the primary school in Castetis See also editCommunes of the Pyrenees Atlantiques departmentReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises in French 2 December 2020 Populations legales 2021 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 28 December 2023 Google Maps a b c d Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses Pyrenees Paul Raymond Imprimerie nationale 1863 Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 in French a b Michel Grosclaude Toponymic Dictionary of communes Bearn Edicions reclams amp Edition Cairn 2006 416 pages p 293 ISBN 2 35068 005 3 in French Cassini Map 1750 Balansun Titles of the commune of Bererenx in the Departmental Archives of Pyrenees Atlantiques in French Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrenees Atlantiques in French Departmental Archives of Pyrenees Atlantiques in French Manuscript from the 14th century Departmental Archives of Pyrenees Atlantiques in French Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries Departmental Archives of Pyrenees Atlantiques in French List of Mayors of France in French Pyrenees Atlantiques habitants fr Des villages de Cassini aux communes d aujourd hui Commune data sheet Balansun EHESS in French Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEE Ministry of Culture Merimee IA64000623 Parish Church of the Assumption of Notre Dame in French External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Balansun Balensun on the 1750 Cassini Map Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Balansun amp oldid 1194713462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
