Bayonville

Bayonville
Commune
Bayonville village
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Coordinates: 49°23′48″N 5°00′23″E / 49.3967°N 5.0064°E / 49.3967; 5.0064Coordinates: 49°23′48″N 5°00′23″E / 49.3967°N 5.0064°E / 49.3967; 5.0064
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Vouziers
Canton	Vouziers
Intercommunality	Argonne Ardennaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Etienne
Area 1	16.19 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	90
• Density	5.6/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08052 /08240
Elevation	181–305 m (594–1,001 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bayonville is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.^[2]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bayonvillois or Bayonvilloises.^[3]

Geography[]

Bayonville is located some 40 km south by south-east of Charleville-Mézières and 15 km south-west of Stenay. Access to the commune is by the D12 road from Buzancy in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Bantheville - changing to the D15 at the departmental border. Another D15 comes from Tailly in the north-east and goes south through the commune and the village continuing to Imécourt in the south-west. The D55 goes south from the village to Landres-et-Saint-Georges. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Chennery and Landreville. The commune is mostly farmland with some forest in the east and north.^[4][5]

The Agron river flows through the south-east of the commune from north-east to south-west where it continues a meandering path to join the Aire south-west of Saint-Juvin. The Ruisseau du Wassieux flows south-west through the commune and continues south-west to join the Agron near Imécourt. The Furba rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Agron at Landreville.^[4][5]

Toponymy[]

Bayonville was attested in the Latinised form Baionis villa in 960. The derivation is undoubtedly from the "Domain of Baio", a Germanic personal name (cf. Bayonvillers)

Bayonville appears as Bayonville on the 1750 Cassini Map^[6] and the same on the 1790 version.^[7]

History[]

In 1828 the communes of Chennery and Landreville were merged with the commune of Bayonville. In 1864 Landreville had 80 inhabitants.

Administration[]

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List of Successive Mayors^[8]

From	To	Name
1995	2026	Philippe Etienne

Demography[]

In 2017 the commune had 99 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 360 —     1800 412 +1.95% 1806 403 −0.37% 1821 364 −0.68% 1831 545 +4.12% 1836 537 −0.30% 1841 512 −0.95% 1846 521 +0.35% 1851 529 +0.31% 1866 489 −0.52% 1872 453 −1.27% 1876 464 +0.60% 1881 418 −2.07% 1886 392 −1.28% 1891 397 +0.25% 1896 380 −0.87% 1901 337 −2.37%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 330 −0.42% 1911 315 −0.93% 1921 220 −3.53% 1926 234 +1.24% 1931 227 −0.61% 1936 219 −0.71% 1946 200 −0.90% 1954 214 +0.85% 1962 223 +0.52% 1968 200 −1.80% 1975 171 −2.21% 1982 142 −2.62% 1990 127 −1.39% 1999 106 −1.99% 2007 116 +1.13% 2012 100 −2.92% 2017 99 −0.20%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[10]

Culture and heritage[]

Civil heritage[]

• The Chateau of Landreville (1567) is registered as an historical monument.^[11] The interior decor (16th century) is registered as an historical object.^[12]

Religious heritage[]

• Bayonville Church

Notable people linked to the commune[]

• Claude-François de Maillard first Marquis of Landreville in 1760

See also[]

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References[]

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