Balan (French pronunciation: [balɑ̃]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Much of the central area of the commune is urban with the northern part farmland and some forest.

[4] The Meuse river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north through Sedan.

Party per pale, first Azure a chevron of Or; second Argent, a fess of Gules charged with a mullet of Or between 2 martlets of Sable.

List of Successive Mayors[5] The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balanais or Balanaises in French.