Barbaise

Barbaise (French pronunciation: [baʁbɛz]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Barbaise
Commune
A general view of Barbaise
Location of Barbaise
Barbaise Barbaise
Coordinates: 49°39′55″N 4°34′49″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mézières
Canton	Signy-l'Abbaye
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Bouquet
Area 1	6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	109
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08047 /08430
Elevation	192 m (630 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Barbaise is located at an altitude of 209 metres some 16 km south-west of Charleville-Mézières and 30 km north-east of Rethel. Access to the commune is by the D3 road from Jandun in the east which passes through the centre of the commune and continues north-east to Warnécourt. Access to the village is by the D203 which branches off the D3 in the commune and goes south to the village. The commune is mostly farmland with forests in the north-east and north of the commune.

The Ruisseau de Barbileuse rises in the village and flows south to join the Vence south-west of Raillicourt.

Administration

Entry to Barbaise

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1991	2026	Michel Bouquet

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 101 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 255 —     1800 283 +1.50% 1806 335 +2.85% 1821 345 +0.20% 1831 345 +0.00% 1836 358 +0.74% 1841 373 +0.82% 1846 369 −0.22% 1851 377 +0.43% 1866 306 −1.38% 1872 292 −0.78% 1876 279 −1.13% 1881 243 −2.73% 1886 219 −2.06% 1891 205 −1.31% 1896 200 −0.49% 1901 184 −1.65%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 184 +0.00% 1911 169 −1.69% 1921 124 −3.05% 1926 150 +3.88% 1931 134 −2.23% 1936 123 −1.70% 1946 105 −1.57% 1954 100 −0.61% 1962 96 −0.51% 1968 69 −5.36% 1975 75 +1.20% 1982 96 +3.59% 1990 115 +2.28% 1999 106 −0.90% 2007 105 −0.12% 2012 96 −1.78% 2017 101 +1.02%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

The War Memorial

Sites and monuments

The Church of Barbaise

• The Church of Barbaise contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Celebrant's Chair (17th century)
  • A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)
  • A Group Sculpture: Saint Anne instructing the Virgin (15th century)

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

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