Barisis-aux-Bois

Barisis-aux-Bois
Commune
Old railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Barisis-aux-Bois
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Coordinates: 49°34′43″N3°19′41″E / 49.5786°N 3.3281°E / 49.5786; 3.3281
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Vic-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Picardie des Châteaux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Pernaut [1]
Area 1	15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	739
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02049 /02700
Elevation	53–186 m (174–610 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barisis-aux-Bois, formerly called Barisis until 3 December 2014, ^[3] is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. ^[4]

Geography

Barisis-aux-Bois is located some 20 km west of Laon and 25 km north of Soissons. The village is in the heart of the national forest of Saint-Gobain. The commune can be accessed by the D1750 road from Pierremande in the west to the village with the D534 continuing east to Saint-Gobain and the D535 going southeast to Septvaux. There is also the D53 road from Amigny-Rouy in the north passing through the village and continuing south to Verneuil-sous-Coucy. The D7 road from Amigny-Rouy to Saint-Gobain passes through the northern corner of the commune. Other than the village there are three hamlets in the commune: Bernagousse, L'Abbaye, and Le Crotoir. The commune is heavily forested, especially in the north - with some areas of farmland. ^{[5] [6]}

The Menil stream passes through the commune from south to north joining the Ruisseau de Servais and continuing north forming part of the eastern border of the commune joining with many other streams before joining the Oise. ^[5]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

Barisis-aux-Bois appears as Barisy on the 1750 Cassini Map ^[7] and the same on the 1790 version. ^[8]

The spelling of Barisis was registered in the Bulletin des lois of 1801 although in 1793 the spelling had been Barizis. ^[9]

Barisis-aux-Bois has an old railway station on the former Chauny to Saint-Gobain line.

Barisis Station in 1900.

Old railway bridge

Heraldry

Arms of Barisis

Blazon: Party per bend sinister, one azure, with a tree proper in pale leaved in vert truncated by bend; two vert, a herbed terrace over a river all in bend sinister; over all a bend sinister argent charged with four pigs proper spotted in sable contourned.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Barisis-aux-Bois ^[10]

From	To	Name	Party
1977	1983	Marie Claire Dejean-Ficheau
1983	2001	Paul Nimal
2001	2008	Michèle Geais	PS
2008	2008	Didier Lemée
2008	2016	François Bobo
2017	Present	Guy Pernaud

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	723	—
1975	694	−0.58%
1982	697	+0.06%
1990	689	−0.14%
1999	669	−0.33%
2007	703	+0.62%
2012	734	+0.87%
2017	740	+0.16%
Source: INSEE [11]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Louis Nicolas Lemasle, painter, retired in Barisis and died there on 14 October 1876.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Decree No. 2014-1447 dated 3 December 2014 (in French)
4. INSEE commune file
5. Barisis on Google Maps
6. Barisis on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
7. Barisy on the 1750 Cassini Map
8. Barisy on the 1790 Cassini Map
9. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barisis-aux-Bois , EHESS (in French).
10. List of Mayors of France (in French)
11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE