Balaguier-d'Olt

Balaguier-d'Olt
Balaguier-d'Olt
Location within Occitanie region  Balaguier-d'Olt
Coordinates: 44°31′29″N 1°58′23″E / 44.5247°N 1.9731°ECoordinates: 44°31′29″N 1°58′23″E / 44.5247°N 1.9731°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Canton	Capdenac-Gare
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Yves Villa
Area^1	10.84 km^2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	127
• Density	12/km^2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	12018 / 12260
Elevation	152–378 m (499–1,240 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Balaguier-d'Olt is a French commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balaguiérois or Balaguiéroises.^[1]

Geography

Balaguier-d'Olt is located some 12 km south-west of Figeac just east of Ambeyrac. The whole north-western border of the commune is the Lot river which is also the departmental boundary between Aveyron and Lot. Access to the commune is by the D86 road from Ambeyrac which follows the river through the village and continues north-east to Capdenac-Gare. The D38 branches off the D86 and crosses the only bridge in the commune across the Lot to Saint-Pierre-Toirac. The D647 branches off the D86 just north of the village and goes south-east to Foissac. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Vernet-le-Bas in the north of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[2]

Geologically the commune is divided into two parts: first the Lot valley which consists of Toarcian marl and secondly the limestone plateau overlooking it.

The Ruisseau de Bournac flows from the north-east and the Ruisseau de Fréjéroque flows from the east both joining in the commune and flowing into the Lot.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1840	1848	Joseph Daube
1848	1860	Pierre Trenty
1860	1868	Jean Louis Obscur
1868	1904	Félix Vernet
2001	2008	Claude Roques
2008	2020	Yves Villa

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 127 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
485	414	-	-	-	-	619	632	635

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
619	621	578	574	536	516	531	510	415

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
377	340	316	256	251	221	238	214	163

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
113	115	119	160	150	143	144	127	-

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

Sites and Monuments

The Romanesque Church of Vernet-le-Bas has a bell tower dating from the 12th century and has Romanesque capitals on three sides. Inside the church the Romanesque Altar (12th century) is still preserved in one of the side chapels. It is carved in sandstone decorations and presents interlacing. It is registered as an historical object.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department

Bibliography

• Christian-Pierre Bedel (preface Jacques Dournes), Capdenac Los Aures Asprièras, Balaguier, Bolhac, Causse-e-Diege Foissac, Naussac, Salas, Sonnac / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Capdenac, Rodez, Mission departmental culture, coll. "Al Canton", 1996, ill., cov. ill., 28 cm, 240 pp. ISBN 2-907279-23-8, ISSN 1151-8375, BNF No. FRBNF36688708 (French)

External links

• Balaguier-d'Olt on Lion1906
• Balaguier-d'Olt on Google Maps
• Balaguier-d'Olt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Balaguyer on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Balaguier-d'Olt 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 Aveyron (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM12000015 Altar (French)