La Baussaine

Commune in Brittany, France

La Baussaine La Bauczaènn (Gallo) Baosan (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Location of La Baussaine
(2020–2026)		Jérémy Loisel^[1]
Area ¹	9.63 km² (3.72 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	675
• Density	70/km² (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35017 /35190
Elevation	48–117 m (157–384 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Baussaine (French pronunciation: [la bosɛn]; Breton: Baosan; Gallo: La Bauczaènn) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	496	—
1968	509	+2.6%
1975	435	−14.5%
1982	421	−3.2%
1990	447	+6.2%
1999	474	+6.0%
2009	620	+30.8%

Inhabitants of La Baussaine are called Baussainais in French.

Sights

The church of Saint Léon was built in the 15th century of Bécherel granite. It was classified as a historic monument in 1926. Although they are damaged, the stained-glass windows are an excellent example of 16th-century art. Two of the panels can be attributed to Guyon Collin.^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Official site

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Baussaine.

Official site
Cultural Heritage (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)