Bar-lès-Buzancy (, literally ''Bar
near Buzancy'') is a
commune in the
Ardennes
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department
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and
Grand Est region of north-eastern
France.
The commune has been awarded two flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''. (Their sign says three but the official website says two).
Geography
Bar-lès-Buzancy is located some 20 km east by north-east of
Vouziers and 25 km west by south-west of
Stenay
Stenay () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Stenaisiens''.
History
In 679, the assassinated king Dagobert II was buried in the church of Saint-Remi in Stenay. In 872, King ...
. Access to the commune is by the D947 road from
Buzancy in the south-east which passes through the south of the commune and the village and continues west to
Harricourt. The D6 goes north from the D947 forming the western border of the commune and continuing north to
Sommauthe. The commune is mostly farmland with some forest in the north.
[
The ''Ruisseau du Moulin'' rises in the north of the commune and forms part of the northern border before flowing south through the commune and the village and continuing south to join the ''Canal des Arches'' near ]Briquenay
Briquenay () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
. ''La Hideuse'' stream forms the southern border of the commune as it flows south-west to join the ''Canal de Thenorgues''.[
]
Toponymy
''Bar'' comes from a Gallic word and perhaps even older (pre-Gallic) meaning "summit" or "height".
History
Bar-lès-Buzancy appears as ''Bar'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Ca ...
[ and the same on the 1790 version.][
From 1828 until 1871 the commune was merged with Harricourt to form the commune of ''Bar-et-Harricourt''.][ In October 1952 two Merovingian skeletons were discovered during the excavation phase of construction of a house.
]
Administration
List of mayors
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List of Mayors of France
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 125 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below for the period 1831-1866 refer to the former commune of Bar-et-Harricourt.
See also
* Communes of the Ardennes department
References
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Communes of Ardennes (department)
Ardennes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia