Baulme-la-Roche () is a commune in the

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in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Rochebalmiens'' or ''Rochebalmiennes''.

Geography

Baulme-la-Roche is located some 17 km west by north-west of Dijon and 8 km north-east of

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. Access to the commune is by the D104C from

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in the south which passes through the commune and the village and continues north-east to join the D10 south-east of Panges. The Paris–Marseille railway passes through the commune and the entrance to the Blaisy-Bas Tunnel is in the commune. The nearest station is at Malain south of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland but there are extensive forests - especially in the east. The ''Douix'' river rises in the west of the commune and flows south-east to join the Ouche east of

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. The ''Ruisseau de Baulme-la-Roche'' rises in the centre of the commune and flows south-west to join the Douix.

Toponymy

Baulme-la-Roche appears as ''Beaume la Roche'' on the 1750

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and the same on the 1790 version.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive

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Demography

In 2017 the commune had 90 inhabitants. Baulme-la-Roche - 01

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments: *A Farmhouse (16th century) *A House (1807) *A Farmhouse (18th century) *A House (19th century) *A Blacksmith's House (1818) *A Fountain at Rue Landel (1822) *Houses and farms (17th-19th century) *A Fountain at la Dhuys (1822)

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments: *A Benedictine Priory (1502) *The Parish Church of Saint Martin (15th century) The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. In total, including civil heritage, there are 40 historical objects in the commune.

References

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