Balham, Ardennes
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The Aisne at Balham
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 49°29′34″N 4°09′40″E / 49.4928°N 4.1611°ECoordinates: 49°29′34″N 4°09′40″E / 49.4928°N 4.1611°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Rethel | |
| Canton | Château-Porcien | |
| Intercommunality | Pays Rethélois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2020) | Vincent Roland | |
| Area1 | 1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 135 | |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08044 /08190 | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Balham is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balhamais or Balhamaises.
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Balham is located some 12 km west by south-west of Rethel and 3 km north-east of Asfeld. Access to the commune is by the D926 road from Gomont in the north-east which passes through the village and continues south-west to Asfeld. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.
The Aisne river passes through the centre of the commune flowing from north-east to south-west on its way to join the Oise at Compiègne. The parallel Canal des Ardennes passes through the southern tip of the commune.
The name Balham comes from the name of a person Ballo + Heim. It was Balaan around 1172 and Balehan in 1211-1212.
Azure, a chevron of Or between three acorns the same, in chief also Or charged with two mullets of Gules.
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
In 2010 the commune had 135 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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
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