Avosnes

Avosnes is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Avosnes
Commune
The road into Avosnes
Location of Avosnes
Avosnes
Avosnes
Coordinates: 47°21′59″N 4°38′35″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementMontbard
CantonSemur-en-Auxois
IntercommunalityCC Terres Auxois
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Patrick Guimont
Area
1
11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
89
 • Density7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21040 /21350
Elevation368–552 m (1,207–1,811 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 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 Avosniens or Avosniennes.[2]

Geography

Avosnes is located some 25 km west of Dijon and 10 km north-west of Sombernon. Access to the commune is by the D9 road which comes from Villy-en-Auxois in the north and passes down the eastern side of the commune south to Saint-Mesmin. Access to the village is by the D119F which goes west from the D9 in the commune passing through the village and continuing west to join the D119 north of Saffres. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Barain in the north-west of the commune. There are large forests in the north of the commune with scattered forests elsewhere and the rest of the commune is farmland.[3]

The Ozerain river flows from the south through the eastern side of the commune as it flows north to join the Brenne just south of Venarey-les-Laumes. The Ruisseau de Revillon rises in the centre of the commune and flows north to join the Ozerain at Chevannay.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Administration
The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012008Philbert Fouard
20082014Gilles Mousseron
20142020Patrick Guimont

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 75 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
421 355 394 354 354 363 348 328 317
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
324 307 278 269 234 222 221 218 223
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
206 186 161 140 151 128 136 133 119
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
107 92 77 76 66 73 - 75 -
Avosnes War Memorial
Avosnes Landscape
Population of Avosnes

Culture and heritage
Avosnes Chateau

Civil heritage

The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument:

  • A former Chateau (16th century)[5]

Religious heritage
Avosnes Church
Avosnes Wayside Cross

The commune has one religious structure that is registered as an historical monument:

  • A Chapel and Cross at Barain (15th century)[6] The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
    • A Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany (1756)[7]
    • A Retable: Resurrection of Christ (1756)[8]
    • 2 Retables (18th century)[9]
    • A Baptismal font and Retable (1756)[10]
    • A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)[11]
    • A Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)[12]
    • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)[13]
    • A Bronze Bell (1788)[14]
    • A Stoup (15th century)[15]
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See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112091 Chateau (in French)
  6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112090 Chapel and Cross (in French)
  7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000159 Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany (in French)
  8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000158 Retable: Resurrection of Christ (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000157 2 Retables (in French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000156 Baptismal font and Retable (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000155 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000154 Statue: Saint Antoine (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000153 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (in French)
  14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000152 Bronze Bell (in French)
  15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000151 Stoup (in French)
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