Bauzy

Bauzy
Commune
Location of Bauzy
Bauzy is located in France
Bauzy
Bauzy
Location within France
Bauzy is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Bauzy
Bauzy
Location within Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°32′10″N 1°36′32″E / 47.536°N 1.609°E / 47.536; 1.609
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
ArrondissementBlois
CantonChambord
IntercommunalityGrand Chambord
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Henry Lemaignen
Area
1
24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Elevation
85 m (279 ft)
Highest elevation
113 m (371 ft)
Lowest elevation
79 m (259 ft)
Population
 (2023)
270
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
41013 /41250
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bauzy (French pronunciation: [bozi]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in the Centre region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bauziens or Bauziennes.

Geography

Bauzy is located in the heart of Sologne some 20 km south-east of Blois, 40 km south-west of Orléans, and 40 km north-east of Vierzon. Access to the commune is by the D60 road from Bracieux in the north-west which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Vernou-en-Sologne. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of La Boulaie in the south-east. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.

The commune is dotted with many small lakes including the Étang d'Avaray, the Étang de l'Oie, and the Étang Saulier plus numerous others. The Beuvron river flows through the north-east of the commune from south-east to north-west and continues to join the Loire at Candé-sur-Beuvron. The Bonne Heure stream flows through the middle of the commune and the village from south-east to north-west where it joins the Beuvron at Bracieux. Many small tributaries feed the Bonne Heure from the numerous lakes.

Toponymy

Bauzy comes from the Low Latin Balaesiacus and Balaesius and its variant Valesisus and the possessive suffix -acus giving Domain of Balaesiacus.

Bauzy was mentioned as: Bauzi in January 1365; Bauzy and Bauzi in February 1365 and January 1365; Bauzy in February 1365; and Bauzy en Sologne on 24 July 1376.

The Parish was split up for the creation of the Parish of Fontaines-en-Sologne.

Bauzy appears as Bauzy on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

FromToName
19131951Louis Lemaignen
19512004Gérard Lemaignen
20052020Jean Paul Touchet
20202026Henry Lemaignen

Population

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

  • The Boudeux Fountain just outside the village on the left towards Neuvy.

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Farmhouse at Villevaudran (19th century)
  • A Chateau at Veillenne (1846)
  • A Farmhouse at Rivaude (16th century)
  • A Farmhouse at La Boulaie (16th century)
  • A Unidentified Edifice (High Middle Ages)
  • A House (1863)
  • Farmhouses (16th-19th century)
  • Houses (16th-20th century)

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Wayside Cross at La Rivière (1891)
  • A Monumental Cross (19th century)
  • The Parish Church of Saint Baumer (12th century) The church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects.

Personalities

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Inhabitants of Loir-et-Cher (in French)
  5. 1 2 3 Bauzy on Google Maps
  6. 1 2 Bauzy on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ↑ National Archives JJ-96, No. 401, fol 138° v. (in French)
  8. ↑ National Archives JJ-96, No. 401, fol 138 ° v. (in French)
  9. ↑ (National Archives JJ-98, No. 146, fol. 44
  10. ↑ National Archives DD-109, 131, fol. 62 v °
  11. ↑ Bauzy on the 1750 Cassini Map
  12. ↑ Bauzy on the 1790 Cassini Map
  13. ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  14. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bauzy, EHESS (in French).
  15. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  16. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012813 Farmhouse at Villevaudran (in French)
  17. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012812 Chateau at Veillenne (in French)
  18. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012810 Farmhouse at Rivaude (in French)
  19. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012809 Farmhouse at La Boulaie (in French)
  20. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012808 Unidentified Edifice (in French)
  21. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012807 House (in French)
  22. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012804 Farmhouses (in French)
  23. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012803 Houses (in French)
  24. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012811 Wayside Cross at La Rivière (in French)
  25. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00012806 Monumental Cross (in French)
  26. 1 2 Base Mérimée: IA00012805 Church of Saint Baumer, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
  27. 1 2 Base Mérimée: PA00098332 Church of Saint Baumer, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
  28. ↑ In December 2004 at the death of Gérard Lemaignen, "since 1913, the commune of Bauzy has had only two mayors, Louis and Gérard Lemaignen [...], a record unique in the Republic", La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest and CCI de Loir-et-Cher (in French)