Avosnes

Avosnes
Avosnes
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Avosnes
Coordinates: 47°21′59″N 4°38′35″E / 47.3664°N 4.6431°E / 47.3664; 4.6431Coordinates: 47°21′59″N 4°38′35″E / 47.3664°N 4.6431°E / 47.3664; 4.6431
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Vitteaux
Intercommunality	Canton de Vitteaux
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Patrick Guimont
Area1	11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	75
• Density	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	21040 / 21350
Elevation	368–552 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avosniens or Avosniennes.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Massingy-lès-Vitteaux	Chevannay	Saint-Hélier
	Saffres		Verrey-sous-Drée
		Avosnes
	Marcellois	Saint-Mesmin	Drée

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

(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]}

Avosnes War Memorial

Avosnes Landscape

Culture and heritage

Avosnes Chateau

Civil heritage

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

• A former Chateau (16th century)^[4]

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)^[5] The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany (1756)^[6]
  • A Retable: Resurrection of Christ (1756)^[7]
  • 2 Retables (18th century)^[8]
  • A Baptismal font and Retable (1756)^[9]
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)^[10]
  • A Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)^[11]
  • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)^[12]
  • A Bronze Bell (1788)^[13]
  • A Stoup (15th century)^[14]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Avosnes on the old IGN website (French)
• Avosnes on Lion1906
• Avosnes on Google Maps
• Avosnes on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Avofne on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Avosnes on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

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, 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

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