| Baulne-en-Brie | |
| Arrondissement: | Château-Thierry |
| Canton: | Condé-en-Brie |
| Insee: | 02053 |
| Postal Code: | 02330 |
| Commune: | Vallées-en-Champagne |
| Coordinates: | 48.9878°N 3.6147°W |
| Elevation M: | 100 |
| Elevation Min M: | 82 |
| Elevation Max M: | 243 |
| Area Km2: | 18.89 |
| Population: | 289 |
| Population Date: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Baulne-en-Brie (in French pronounced as /bo(l)n ɑ̃ bʁi/, literally Baulne in Brie) is a former commune in the department of Aisne in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-en-Champagne, of which it is a delegated commune.[2] [3]
Baulne-en-Brie is located some 15 km east by south-east of Château-Thierry and 20 km west by south-west of Épernay. It can be accessed by the D4 road from Condé-en-Brie in the west through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing east to Le Breuil. There is also a country road from La Chapelle-Monthodon in the north. The south-eastern border of the commune is part of the border between the departments of Aisne and Marne. There are three hamlets in the commune other than the village: Montchevret, Grande Fontaine, and Romandie. There are extensive forests in the north, centre, south-east and south of the commune with the rest of the area being farmland.[4]
The Verdonnelle stream flows north-west through the southern part of the commune passing near the hamlet of Romandie and continuing north-west out of the commune. The Surmelin stream flows from the south-east passing through the village and continuing north-west to join the Marne near Mézy-Moulins.[4]
List of Successive Mayors of Baulne-en-Brie[5]
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2008 | Gilles Hiernard | ||
| 2008 | 2016 | Bruno Lahouati |
Baulne-en-Brie is an agricultural and wine-producing village and a part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone for "Champagne of Aisne".
The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:
The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: