Baulon
Baulon (Beloen; Gallo: Baulon) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Stone axes found in various locations in Baulon - Crambert, Métairies, Champs-du-Four, and Boutard - suggest that the area was inhabited from the Neolithic period.
In the first centuries AD, the Romans occupied Brittany and established a camp in Baulon, in Châtellier, close to the road running from Rennes to Vannes.
After the fall of the Roman Empire in the west, the Bretons, chased out of Great Britain by the Anglo-Saxons, took refuge in Amorica, which became Brittany. In Baulon, they established a monastery. In addition to the monastery, Baulon also possesses another center of worship, which the current market town was built around.
The charter of Anowareth, preserved in the , indicates that in 869, the noble Roiantdreh adopted as his son and heir Salomon, King of Brittany, putting himself under the latter's protection. This was done in the parish of Baulon in Porhoët.
In the 14th century, the lordship belonged to the lords of Baulon. The coat of arms of Baulon is dated to 1378. The Baulon family ended at the end of the 15th century, succeeded by the Brullon family.
The Brullons built markets and organized fairs from 1574. In 1584, Pierre Brullon received from King Henry III of France the right to render justice in the lordship of the Musse. He built "la maison de la geôle" that served as a court of justice and prison.
In the 18th century, three important fairs were held in Baulon: February 4 for the Feast of Saint Blaise, July 26 for the Feast of Saint Anne, and September 14 for the Feast of the Cross.
The inhabitants of the town supported the changes brought by the French Revolution, especially after the end of the Reign of Terror. The main revolutionary holiday, celebrated from 1795, was one celebrating the anniversary of the execution of Louis XVI, which was accompanied by an oath of hatred to royalty and anarchy. Baulon also celebrated the creation of the Republic.
Stone axes found in various locations in Baulon - Crambert, Métairies, Champs-du-Four, and Boutard - suggest that the area was inhabited from the Neolithic period.
In the first centuries AD, the Romans occupied Brittany and established a camp in Baulon, in Châtellier, close to the road running from Rennes to Vannes.
After the fall of the Roman Empire in the west, the Bretons, chased out of Great Britain by the Anglo-Saxons, took refuge in Amorica, which became Brittany. In Baulon, they established a monastery. In addition to the monastery, Baulon also possesses another center of worship, which the current market town was built around.
The charter of Anowareth, preserved in the , indicates that in 869, the noble Roiantdreh adopted as his son and heir Salomon, King of Brittany, putting himself under the latter's protection. This was done in the parish of Baulon in Porhoët.
In the 14th century, the lordship belonged to the lords of Baulon. The coat of arms of Baulon is dated to 1378. The Baulon family ended at the end of the 15th century, succeeded by the Brullon family.
The Brullons built markets and organized fairs from 1574. In 1584, Pierre Brullon received from King Henry III of France the right to render justice in the lordship of the Musse. He built "la maison de la geôle" that served as a court of justice and prison.
In the 18th century, three important fairs were held in Baulon: February 4 for the Feast of Saint Blaise, July 26 for the Feast of Saint Anne, and September 14 for the Feast of the Cross.
The inhabitants of the town supported the changes brought by the French Revolution, especially after the end of the Reign of Terror. The main revolutionary holiday, celebrated from 1795, was one celebrating the anniversary of the execution of Louis XVI, which was accompanied by an oath of hatred to royalty and anarchy. Baulon also celebrated the creation of the Republic.
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Inhabited since the Palaeolithic era, the territory of Metropolitan France was settled by Celtic tribes known as Gauls during the Iron Age. Rome annexed the area in 51 BC, leading to a distinct Gallo-Roman culture that laid the foundation of the French language. The Germanic Franks formed the Kingdom of Francia, which became the heartland of the Carolingian Empire. The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned the empire, with West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France in 987. In the High Middle Ages, France was a powerful but highly decentralised feudal kingdom. Philip II successfully strengthened royal power and defeated his rivals to double the size of the crown lands; by the end of his reign, France had emerged as the most powerful state in Europe. From the mid-14th to the mid-15th century, France was plunged into a series of dynastic conflicts involving England, collectively known as the Hundred Years' War, and a distinct French identity emerged as a result. The French Renaissance saw art and culture flourish, conflict with the House of Habsburg, and the establishment of a global colonial empire, which by the 20th century would become the second-largest in the world. The second half of the 16th century was dominated by religious civil wars between Catholics and Huguenots that severely weakened the country. France again emerged as Europe's dominant power in the 17th century under Louis XIV following the Thirty Years' War. Inadequate economic policies, inequitable taxes and frequent wars (notably a defeat in the Seven Years' War and costly involvement in the American War of Independence) left the kingdom in a precarious economic situation by the end of the 18th century. This precipitated the French Revolution of 1789, which overthrew the Ancien Régime and produced the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which expresses the nation's ideals to this day.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EU | Basque language |
BR | Breton language |
CA | Catalan language |
CO | Corsican language |
FR | French language |
OC | Occitan language |