Balan

commune in Ardennes, France
Organization commune_of_france Q722661
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Balan

Summary

Balan is a commune of France[1]. Balan ranks in the top 0.96% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #298 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balan is located in canton of Sedan-Est[3].
  • Balan is located in Ardennes[4].
  • Balan is located in arrondissement of Sedan[5].
  • Balan is in the country of France[6].
  • Balan is on the body of water Meuse[7].
  • Balan's image is recorded as Mairie monument aux morts 117.JPG[8].
  • Balan's instance of is recorded as commune of France[9].
  • Balan's shares border with is recorded as Givonne[10].
  • Balan's shares border with is recorded as Noyers-Pont-Maugis[11].
  • Balan's shares border with is recorded as Sedan[12].
  • Balan's shares border with is recorded as Wadelincourt[13].
  • Balan's shares border with is recorded as Bazeilles[14].
  • Balan's coat of arms image is recorded as Blason ville fr Balan 08.svg[15].
  • Balan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248727891[16].
  • Balan's postal code is recorded as 08200[17].
  • Balan's Commons category is recorded as Balan (Ardennes)[18].
  • Balan's Insee municipality code is recorded as 08043[19].
  • Balan's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 153822[20].
  • Balan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[21].
  • Balan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[22].
  • Balan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.688888888889, 'lon': 4.9605555555556}[23].
  • Balan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m8bx0[24].
  • Balan's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][25].
  • Balan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1589'}[26].
  • Balan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1607'}[27].

Body

Identity

Balan's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Balan'}[28].

Why It Matters

Balan ranks in the top 0.96% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #298 of 31,031).[2] Balan has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . Sandre. sandre.eaufrance.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . INSEE code. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with Givonne, Noyers-Pont-Maugis, Sedan +2
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    Office held by head of government Mayor of Balan
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