Bayonville

Bayonville is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Bayonville
Commune
Bayonville village
Location of Bayonville
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Coordinates: 49°23′48″N 5°00′23″E
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  (2021)	70
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bayonvillois or Bayonvilloises.

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.

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.

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 and the same on the 1790 version.

History

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

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

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 and INSEE

Culture and heritage

The Chateau of Landreville

Boudoir in the Chateau

The Louis XIII Salon in the Chateau

Civil heritage

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

Religious heritage

Bayonville Church

• 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