Agencourt
Agencourt is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
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Coordinates: 47°07′44″N 4°58′54″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Côte-d'Or |
Arrondissement | Beaune |
Canton | Nuits-Saint-Georges |
Intercommunality | Gevrey-Chambertin et Nuits-Saint-Georges |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Gilles Seguin |
Area 1 | 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 460 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 21001 /21700 |
Elevation | 209–237 m (686–778 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agencourtois or Agencourtoises.[2]
Geography
Agencourt is located some 20 km south of Dijon on the A31 autoroute (E17) with Exit 1 in the commune. The motorway forms the western border of the commune with Nuits-Saint-Georges on the opposite side of the motorway. Access to the commune is on the D8 road (Rue du Village) from west to east from Nuits-Saint-Georges which continues east to Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux. Agencourt town is spread along the Highway D8 and is the only built-up area in the commune which consists entirely of farmland except for the Bois de Charbonniere on the eastern side of the commune.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages
Heraldry
![]() Arms of Agencourt |
Blazon: Vairé, of four rows tierced per pale in gules charged with pales of Or and surcharged by a clocheton of two bells of Argent masoned in sable. |
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt[4]
From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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2001 | 2008 | Jean Detain | ||
2008 | 2014 | Alain Courteaux | ||
2014 | Current | Gilles Seguin |
(Not all data is known)
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2006 | 400 | — |
2007 | 395 | −1.2% |
2008 | 392 | −0.8% |
2009 | 386 | −1.5% |
2010 | 397 | +2.8% |
2011 | 415 | +4.5% |
2012 | 433 | +4.3% |
2013 | 437 | +0.9% |
2014 | 443 | +1.4% |
2015 | 451 | +1.8% |
2016 | 455 | +0.9% |
1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 |
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150 | 192 | 203 | 167 | 174 | 167 | 173 | 172 |
1856 | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 |
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156 | 176 | 207 | 202 | 243 | 281 | 286 | 292 | 269 |
1901 | 1906 | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 |
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300 | 273 | 257 | 245 | 232 | 224 | 231 | 224 | 229 |
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | - | - |
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181 | 183 | 236 | 268 | 361 | 419 | 386 | - | - |
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:
- Agencourt Fortified House (1643)
[5] with the remains of a moat: the main building from the 17th century, stables from 1643.
Religious heritage
The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:
- The Parish Church of Notre-Dame (12th century).
[6] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:- A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)
[7] - A Monumental Painting: Centaur (16th century)
[8] - A Consecrational Cross (14th century)
[9] - A Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (15th century)
[10] - A Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (16th century)
[11] - A Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (15th century)
[12]
- A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)
- The Parish Church of the Assumption contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
- A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)
[13]
- A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)
See also
External links
- Agencourt on Lion 1906
- Agencourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Agencour on the 1750 Cassini Map
Notes and references
Notes
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
- Google Maps
- List of Mayors of France (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112756 Agencourt Fortified House (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112050 Church (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006006 Monumental Painting: Cherubs (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006005 Monumental Painting: Centaur (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006004 Consecrational Cross (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006003 Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006002 Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006001 Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21000860 Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (in French)
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