Bayonville | |
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 Bayonville village | |
 Location of Bayonville | |
  Bayonville  Bayonville | |
| Coordinates:49°23′48″N5°00′23″E / 49.3967°N 5.0064°E /49.3967; 5.0064 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Vouziers |
| Canton | Vouziers |
| Intercommunality | Argonne Ardennaise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Philippe Etienne[1] |
Area 1 | 16.19 km2 (6.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 65 |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/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. | |
Bayonville is acommune in theArdennesdepartment in theGrand Est region of northernFrance.[3]
The inhabitants of the commune are known asBayonvillois orBayonvilloises.[4]
Bayonville is located some 40 km south by south-east ofCharleville-Mézières and 15 km south-west ofStenay. Access to the commune is by the D12 road fromBuzancy in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south-east toBantheville - changing to the D15 at the departmental border. Another D15 comes fromTailly in the north-east and goes south through the commune and the village continuing toImécourt in the south-west. The D55 goes south from the village toLandres-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.[5][6]
TheAgron river flows through the south-east of the commune from north-east to south-west where it continues a meandering path to join theAire south-west ofSaint-Juvin. TheRuisseau du Wassieux flows south-west through the commune and continues south-west to join the Agron near Imécourt. TheFurba rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Agron at Landreville.[5][6]
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Bayonville was attested in the Latinised formBaionis villa in 960. The derivation is undoubtedly from the "Domain of Baio", a Germanic personal name (cf.Bayonvillers)
Bayonville appears asBayonville on the 1750Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]
In 1828 the communes ofChennery andLandreville were merged with the commune of Bayonville. In 1864 Landreville had 80 inhabitants.
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| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2026 | Philippe Etienne |
In 2017 the commune had 99 inhabitants.
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is registered as an historical monument.[12] The interior decor (16th century)
is registered as an historical object.[13]
