Banize

This article deals with the French commune of Banize; for the river of the same name in France see Banize (Taurion) .

Banize
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Community association	Creuse Sud Ouest
Coordinates	45 ° 56 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  E
height	471-653 m
surface	15.24 km 2
Residents	187 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	23120
INSEE code	23016
Saint-Sulpice church

Banize is a commune with 187 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Creuse in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Guéret and the canton of Ahun (until 2015 canton of Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs ).

geography

Banize is about 15 kilometers west of Aubusson and 30 kilometers southeast of Guéret . The neighboring communities are

• Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs in the north,
• Saint-Michel-de-Veisse in the northeast,
• Vallière to the east and south,
• Le Monteil-au-Vicomte in the southwest and
• Chavanat in the west.

The municipality borders on the northern border of the Regional Nature Park Millevaches en Limousin and is crossed by the river of the same name, Banize , which flows into the Taurion at the western municipal border .

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	225	172	174	149	134	155	189

Attractions

• Saint Sulpice church from the 13th to 15th centuries - Monument historique
• Next to the church is an old Prussian cannon from the 19th century . This was used by the Belgian army in 1870 and was confiscated by the German army in 1914 for the French offensive in the Ardennes . The cannon was abandoned in 1918 and recovered by reserve officer Pierre Despagnat, a friend of Gaston Doumergue , in 1924 and brought to Banize. In World War II , in 1944, was the cannon because it was feared that of fighter-bombers of the Allies is considered one anti-aircraft gun, hidden in a nearby forest. It remained there for three decades, until it was discovered during maneuvers by a regiment of the French armed forces in the 1970s and was to be taken to a weapons museum near Le Mans . The farmer Jean Chardel finally transported the cannon back to the village on his own initiative and the cannon is still in Banize today as a community monument. The cannon weighs 1421 kilos.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Church of Saint Sulpice in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
2. ^ Gérard Foussier, Die Prussische Kanone von Banize in Documents / Documents, Journal for the Franco-German Dialogue, 4/2015, p. 56.