Baule

For the ethnic group from the Ivory Coast and their language, see Baoulé.

Baule
Commune
The church in Baule
Baule Baule
Coordinates: 47°48′42″N 1°40′18″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Beaugency
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Echegut
Area 1	12.11 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45024 /45130
Elevation	81–116 m (266–381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baule (French pronunciation: ​[bol]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The writer Michèle Desbordes (1940–2006) died in Baule.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,625 —     1800 2,010 +23.7% 1806 1,975 −1.7% 1821 2,109 +6.8% 1831 2,095 −0.7% 1836 2,090 −0.2% 1841 2,010 −3.8% 1846 2,021 +0.5% 1851 1,950 −3.5% 1856 1,915 −1.8% 1861 1,868 −2.5% 1866 1,827 −2.2% 1872 1,624 −11.1% 1876 1,534 −5.5% 1881 1,545 +0.7% 1886 1,592 +3.0% 1891 1,515 −4.8% 1896 1,362 −10.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,272 −6.6% 1906 1,240 −2.5% 1911 1,182 −4.7% 1921 987 −16.5% 1926 962 −2.5% 1931 895 −7.0% 1936 854 −4.6% 1946 935 +9.5% 1954 937 +0.2% 1962 952 +1.6% 1968 1,004 +5.5% 1975 1,096 +9.2% 1982 1,288 +17.5% 1990 1,457 +13.1% 1999 1,657 +13.7% 2006 1,926 +16.2% 2009 2,036 +5.7% 2012 2,052 +0.8%

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department

External links

• Official site