Bâlines

Not to be confused with Balinese.

Not to be confused with Balinas.

Commune in Normandy, France

Bâlines
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°44′37′′N 0°58′40′′E / 48.7436°N 0.9778°E / 48.7436; 0.9778
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Bernay
Canton	Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Max Auffret^[1]
Area ¹	3.73 km² (1.44 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	545
• Density	150/km² (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27036 /27130
Elevation	149–175 m (489–574 ft) (avg. 169 m or 554 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bâlines (French pronunciation: [balin] ) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

In February 2021 the village was the site of a fire in which a house with a thatched roof burned down.^[3] The village was home to an animal park called Le Bois des Aigles. The park was the subject of the seizure of 69 birds due to alleged animal-trafficking in January 2018, as of early 2020 no charges had been brought against the operators of the park.^[4] The park was forced to close during the 2019 heatwave due to excessive heat.^[5] The park was subsequently re-opened in 2020 as Domaine de la forêt enchantée, a halloween-themed amusement attraction.^[6]