# Baulme-la-Roche

Baulme-la-Roche (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Rochebalmiens or Rochebalmiennes.

## Geography

Baulme-la-Roche is located some 17 km west by north-west of Dijon and 8 km north-east of Sombernon. Access to the commune is by the D104C from Mâlain in the south which passes through the commune and the village and continues north-east to join the D10 south-east of Panges. The Paris–Marseille railway passes through the commune and the entrance to the Blaisy-Bas Tunnel is in the commune. The nearest station is at Malain south of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland but there are extensive forests - especially in the east.
The Douix river rises in the west of the commune and flows south-east to join the Ouche east of Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche. The Ruisseau de Baulme-la-Roche rises in the centre of the commune and flows south-west to join the Douix.

## Toponymy

Baulme-la-Roche appears as Beaume la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

### Heraldry

| Arms of Baulme-la-Roche | Blazon: Party per fess, at 1 party per pale, Argent a cross Gules charged with 5 roses and Azure a dexter arm carnation vested Argent holds a crozier of Or; at 2 Azure, a mountain of 3 hillocks of Or; all debruised by a barrulet on the division charged with a fess wavy of Azure. |

## Administration

List of Successive Mayors
| From | To | Name |
| 2001 | 2011 | Gisèle Monot |
| 2011 | 2014 | Jean Luc Gourdin |
| 2014 | 2026 | Raphaël Véjux |

## Demography

In 2022 the commune had 92 inhabitants.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 357 | — |
| 1800 | 329 | −1.16% |
| 1806 | 335 | +0.30% |
| 1821 | 314 | −0.43% |
| 1831 | 300 | −0.46% |
| 1836 | 284 | −1.09% |
| 1841 | 249 | −2.60% |
| 1846 | 393 | +9.56% |
| 1851 | 392 | −0.05% |
| 1856 | 244 | −9.05% |
| 1861 | 239 | −0.41% |
| 1866 | 222 | −1.46% |
| 1872 | 198 | −1.89% |
| 1876 | 238 | +4.71% |
| 1881 | 234 | −0.34% |
| 1886 | 214 | −1.77% |
| 1891 | 211 | −0.28% |
| 1896 | 195 | −1.56% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 177 | −1.92% |
| 1906 | 186 | +1.00% |
| 1911 | 184 | −0.22% |
| 1921 | 150 | −2.02% |
| 1926 | 170 | +2.53% |
| 1931 | 168 | −0.24% |
| 1936 | 156 | −1.47% |
| 1946 | 139 | −1.15% |
| 1954 | 130 | −0.83% |
| 1962 | 120 | −1.00% |
| 1968 | 106 | −2.05% |
| 1975 | 77 | −4.46% |
| 1982 | 88 | +1.93% |
| 1990 | 100 | +1.61% |
| 1999 | 118 | +1.86% |
| 2007 | 125 | +0.72% |
| 2012 | 108 | −2.88% |
| 2017 | 90 | −3.58% |
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## Culture and heritage
### Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
* A Farmhouse (16th century)
* A House (1807)
* A Farmhouse (18th century)
* A House (19th century)
* A Blacksmith's House (1818)
* A Fountain at Rue Landel (1822)
* Houses and farms (17th-19th century)
* A Fountain at la Dhuys (1822)

### Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
* A Benedictine Priory (1502)
* The Parish Church of Saint Martin (15th century)
The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. In total, including civil heritage, there are 40 historical objects in the commune.