Balacet

Balacet
Balacet
Commune
	Location of Balacet
	Balacet Balacet
	Coordinates: 42°53′06″N 0°58′56″E / 42.885°N 0.9822°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anselme Poignant
Area 1	2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population (2022)	47
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09034 /09800
Elevation	833–1,674 m (2,733–5,492 ft) ; (avg. 906 m or 2,972 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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Balacet (French pronunciation: [balasɛ]) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Geography

Balacet is located some 8 km south-west of Audressein and 3 km north-east of Sentein in the Biros Valley. Access to the commune is by the tortuous D704 road which branches from the D4 just west of Lascoux and goes to the village then continues east to Uchentein. There is also another road that goes west from the village to Irazein. The commune is a rugged mountain commune which is heavily forested.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Gilbert Birbes
2008	2014	André Marran
2014	2020	Antoine Duburcq
2020	2026	Anselme Poignant

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balacetois or Balacetoises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	83	—
1800	86	+0.51%
1806	107	+3.71%
1821	126	+1.10%
1831	125	−0.08%
1836	102	−3.99%
1841	104	+0.39%
1846	108	+0.76%
1851	114	+1.09%
1856	117	+0.52%
1861	121	+0.67%
1866	112	−1.53%
1872	116	+0.59%
1876	108	−1.77%
1881	109	+0.18%
1886	81	−5.77%
1891	82	+0.25%
1896	90	+1.88%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	107	+3.52%
1906	103	−0.76%
1911	90	−2.66%
1921	71	−2.34%
1926	65	−1.75%
1931	64	−0.31%
1936	47	−5.99%
1946	29	−4.71%
1954	25	−1.84%
1962	30	+2.31%
1968	29	−0.56%
1975	26	−1.55%
1982	14	−8.46%
1990	10	−4.12%
1999	24	+10.22%
2007	19	−2.88%
2012	17	−2.20%
2017	26	+8.87%

Source: EHESS^[6] and INSEE^[7]

Religious heritage

The Parish Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

A Pyx of "malades-chrismatoire" (13th century)^[8]
A Ciborium (19th century)^[9]
2 Candlesticks (18th century)^[10]
An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (18th century)^[11]
A Chalice (17th century)^[12]
A Carving: Chrisme (12th century)^[13]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
^ Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Balacet, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000070 Pyx (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000069 Ciborium (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000068 2 Candlesticks (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000067 Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000066 Chalice (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000065 Carving: Chrisme (in French)

External links

Balacet on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Balacet on the 1750 Cassini Map

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popref2022-2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[5] Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège, habitants.fr

[ehess-6] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Balacet, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-7] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[8] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000070 Pyx (in French)

[9] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000069 Ciborium (in French)

[10] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000068 2 Candlesticks (in French)

[11] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000067 Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (in French)

[12] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000066 Chalice (in French)

[13] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000065 Carving: Chrisme (in French)

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Coordinates: 42°53′06″N 0°58′56″E / 42.885°N 0.9822°E / 42.885; 0.9822
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anselme Poignant^[1]
Area ¹	2.12 km² (0.82 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	47
• Density	22/km² (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09034 /09800
Elevation	833–1,674 m (2,733–5,492 ft) (avg. 906 m or 2,972 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.