Baron, Oise

Baron
Baron
Location within Picardy region Baron
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Senlis
Canton	Nanteuil-le-Haudouin
Intercommunality	Pays de Valois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Moquet
Area1	21.47 km2 (8.29 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	783
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	60047 / 60300
Elevation	63–151 m (207–495 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Baron is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

History

On September 3, 1914, in the early stages of World War I, the estate of Manoir de Fontaines at Baron was the scene of composer Albéric Magnard shooting at invading German soldiers, killing one of them, and then being killed when they set the house on fire. At the time the event focused considerable public attention on Baron, Magnard being considered a French national hero for his act.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	654	—
1800	666	+1.8%
1806	723	+8.6%
1821	668	−7.6%
1831	754	+12.9%
1836	784	+4.0%
1841	760	−3.1%
1846	823	+8.3%
1851	850	+3.3%
1856	806	−5.2%
1861	736	−8.7%
1866	782	+6.2%
1872	840	+7.4%
1876	879	+4.6%
1881	821	−6.6%
1886	778	−5.2%
1891	769	−1.2%
1896	801	+4.2%
1901	754	−5.9%
1906	786	+4.2%
1911	672	−14.5%
1921	635	−5.5%
1926	669	+5.4%
1931	690	+3.1%
1936	679	−1.6%
1946	653	−3.8%
1954	641	−1.8%
1962	608	−5.1%
1968	597	−1.8%
1975	598	+0.2%
1982	715	+19.6%
1990	741	+3.6%
1999	774	+4.5%
2006	779	+0.6%
2009	783	+0.5%

See also

• Communes of the Oise department

References

• INSEE commune file