Baulmes

Sister cities

• Mont-Saint-Sulpice

History

Baulmes is first mentioned in 652 as in loco Balmensi. In 1123 it was mentioned as Balmis.

Geography

Baulmes has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 55.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.8% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 52.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.0% is used for growing crops and 3.6% is pastures and 16.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located on the alluvial fan of the Baumine on the border with France. It lies at the east end of the road over the Col de l'Aiguillon in the Jura Mountains.