Bayons Facts for Kids

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Bayons

The crest of the Clos de Fau opposite the village.

Coat of arms

Bayons

Location in France

Bayons

Location in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Country

Seyne

Community of communes of la Motte-Turriers

Area

125.75 km² (48.55 sq mi)

Population

(Jan. 2019)

189

• Density

1.503/km² (3.893/sq mi)

• Summer (DST)

INSEE/Postal code

04023 /04250

Elevation

749–2,111 m (2,457–6,926 ft)
(avg. 870 m or 2,850 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bayons is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.

Images for kids

Red-coloured mountain in the Reynier valley.
Reynier mountain (1387m).
Rochers de la Lause, closing the Esparron-la-Bâtie valley (Tithonian limestone).
The Sasse at Basse-Combe in the upper part of its course.
The Lavoir at Astoins
Bayons at the beginning of the 20th century
The Village of Esparron-la-Bâtie.
Reynier village.
Logging in Bayons.
An irrigated meadow in Bayons.
A Small hydro electric power station using the waters of the Ruisseau des Tines in the former commune of Esparron-la-Bâtie.
Church of Notre-Dame-de-Bethléem.
The Reynier bridge.
The bends of the D1 crossing a Water gap at les Tourniquets.
A trap protecting from falling rocks.
The Bayons water gap.
Lamb of Sisteron.
Lavender honey.
Golden and gala apples.
Church of Saint Anne at Astoin
Church of Saint-Christophe at Esparron-la-Bâtie.
Church of Saint-Vincent at Reynier.
Chapel Saint-Jacques and Saint-Philippe at Basse-Combe.
Chapel Notre-Dame-Secours-des-Pécheurs at Baudinard.