Baives

Baives
Coat of arms of Baives Coat of arms
Baives
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Baives
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Trélon
Intercommunality	Guide du pays de Trélon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Gary
Area1	7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	156
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59045 / 59132
Elevation	184–239 m (604–784 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 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.

Baives is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Fourmies and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Maubeuge.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	300	—
1800	185	−38.3%
1806	277	+49.7%
1821	272	−1.8%
1831	333	+22.4%
1836	324	−2.7%
1841	320	−1.2%
1846	308	−3.7%
1851	318	+3.2%
1856	311	−2.2%
1861	283	−9.0%
1866	270	−4.6%
1872	248	−8.1%
1876	233	−6.0%
1881	256	+9.9%
1886	234	−8.6%
1891	216	−7.7%
1896	227	+5.1%
1901	220	−3.1%
1906	237	+7.7%
1911	214	−9.7%
1921	228	+6.5%
1926	218	−4.4%
1931	191	−12.4%
1936	203	+6.3%
1946	190	−6.4%
1954	174	−8.4%
1962	206	+18.4%
1968	193	−6.3%
1975	151	−21.8%
1982	123	−18.5%
1990	129	+4.9%
1999	141	+9.3%
2006	152	+7.8%
2009	156	+2.6%

Heraldry

Arms of Baives

The arms of Baives are blazoned : Gules, 2 fesses embattled counterembattled argent, overall on a canton Gules, 3 pales vair and a chief Or. (Baives and Willies use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file