Baives

Baives

Coat of arms
Baives

Coordinates: 50°03′49″N 4°12′14″E / 50.0636°N 4.2039°E / 50.0636; 4.2039Coordinates: 50°03′49″N 4°12′14″E / 50.0636°N 4.2039°E / 50.0636; 4.2039
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Trélon
Intercommunality Guide du pays de Trélon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Claude Gary
Area1 7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 156
  Density 20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59045 / 59132
Elevation 184–239 m (604–784 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Baives is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Fourmies and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Maubeuge.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 300    
1800 185−38.3%
1806 277+49.7%
1821 272−1.8%
1831 333+22.4%
1836 324−2.7%
1841 320−1.2%
1846 308−3.7%
1851 318+3.2%
1856 311−2.2%
1861 283−9.0%
1866 270−4.6%
1872 248−8.1%
1876 233−6.0%
1881 256+9.9%
1886 234−8.6%
1891 216−7.7%
1896 227+5.1%
1901 220−3.1%
1906 237+7.7%
1911 214−9.7%
1921 228+6.5%
1926 218−4.4%
1931 191−12.4%
1936 203+6.3%
1946 190−6.4%
1954 174−8.4%
1962 206+18.4%
1968 193−6.3%
1975 151−21.8%
1982 123−18.5%
1990 129+4.9%
1999 141+9.3%
2006 152+7.8%
2009 156+2.6%

Heraldry

The arms of Baives are blazoned :

Gules, 2 fesses embattled counterembattled argent, overall on a canton Gules, 3 pales vair and a chief Or. (Baives and Willies use the same arms.)

See also

References

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