Balsièges

Balsièges
region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Chirac
Community association	Coeur de Lozère
Coordinates	44 ° 29 ′ N , 3 ° 27 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′ N , 3 ° 27 ′ E
height	652–1,093 m
surface	32.88 km 2
Residents	549 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	48000
INSEE code	48016
Website	http://mairie-balsieges.neuf.fr/
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Balsièges is a French commune with 549 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lozère department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Mende arrondissement , in the canton of Chirac .

geography

Balsièges is located in the Lot Valley , west of Mont Lozère , about 7 kilometers southwest of Mende . The hamlet of Changefège is located northwest of the town center on a plateau of the same name , the Causse de Changefège . The La Farelle homestead is north of the town center.

history

In the municipality there are traces of human presence from prehistoric times, dolmens on the Causse de Changefège and a burial ground near the mill of Balsièges. Traces of settlement from the Gallo-Roman period (52 BC to 486 AD) were discovered 1200 meters from the Château de Choizal . Fragments of tombstones from the Middle Ages have been found at the La Farelle homestead . In the 13th century, the hamlet of Falisson belonged to the municipality of Balsièges, today it belongs to the municipality of Saint-Bauzile . The Seigneurie von Balsièges belonged to the diocese of Mende . The place has been a place of pilgrimage since the 14th century . A shrine dedicated to Saint Theodore (Tchaouzou, Chaousou) was located in a cave. The village was built around the castle of the Bishops built around, their location is controversial today. It was built around 1260 by order of Bishop Odilon de Mercoeur . In 1580 the castle was destroyed during the Huguenot Wars . The only building in the municipality that is officially classified as a monument historique is the dolmen on the Causse de Changefège .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
328	365	352	313	428	508	514

Web links

Commons : Balsièges - collection of images, videos and audio files

Balsièges in the Base Mémoire des Ministère de la culture (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Balsièges. In: Base Mérimée. Ministère de la culture, accessed August 20, 2010 (French).

[1] Balsièges. In: Base Mérimée. Ministère de la culture, accessed August 20, 2010 (French).