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Part of Vallées-en-Champagne
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Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Château-Thierry
Canton	Condé-en-Brie
Commune	Vallées-en-Champagne
Area 1	18.89 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	289
• Density	15.299/km2 (39.62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	02330
Elevation	82–243 m (269–797 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baulne-en-Brie (French pronunciation: [bo(l)n ɑ̃ bʁi], literally Baulne in Brie) is a former commune in the department of Aisne in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-en-Champagne, of which it is a delegated commune.

Geography

Baulne-en-Brie is located some 15 km east by south-east of Château-Thierry and 20 km west by south-west of Épernay. It can be accessed by the D4 road from Condé-en-Brie in the west through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing east to Le Breuil. There is also a country road from La Chapelle-Monthodon in the north. The south-eastern border of the commune is part of the border between the departments of Aisne and Marne. There are three hamlets in the commune other than the village: Montchevret, Grande Fontaine, and Romandie. There are extensive forests in the north, centre, south-east and south of the commune with the rest of the area being farmland.

The Verdonnelle stream flows north-west through the southern part of the commune passing near the hamlet of Romandie and continuing north-west out of the commune. The Surmelin stream flows from the south-east passing through the village and continuing north-west to join the Marne near Mézy-Moulins.

Neighbouring communes and villages

	Saint-Agnan	La Chapelle-Monthodon	Igny-Comblizy
	Condé-en-Brie		Le Breuil
		Baulne-en-Brie
	Montlevon		Verdon

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Baulne-en-Brie

Demography

The Surmelin River at Baulne-en-Brie

Economy

Baulne-en-Brie is an agricultural and wine-producing village and a part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone for "Champagne of Aisne".

Culture and heritage

Next to the river at Baulne-en-Brie

Civil heritage

The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Madame Max Park
• The Chateau Park

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Bartholomew

Detail of the ceiling of the church

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Church of Saint Bartholomew (12th century). It has one of the last wooden ceilings with alternating grain slats in the world. The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Funeral Plaque of Madeleine de Castellan, widow of Louis Mallart, Counsellor to the King (1633)
  • The Tombstone of Guillaume de Baulne (1255)
  • A Pulpit with 3 Bas-reliefs (16th century)