Arnay-sous-Vitteaux

Arnay-sous-Vitteaux (French pronunciation: [aʁnɛ su vito], literally Arnay under Vitteaux) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Arnay-sous-Vitteaux
Commune
The road into Arnay-sous-Vitteaux
Location of Arnay-sous-Vitteaux
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Coordinates: 47°26′49″N 4°29′54″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Semur-en-Auxois
Intercommunality	CC Terres Auxois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean François Lallemant
Area 1	12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	114
• Density	9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21024 /21350
Elevation	277–482 m (909–1,581 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Arnay-sous-Vitteaux is located some 50 km north-west of Dijon and 35 km south-east of Montbard. Access to the commune is by the D905 road from Vitteaux in the south passing through the east of the commune and continuing north to Venarey-les-Laumes. Access to the village is by the D1178 from Marigny-le-Cahouët in the north-west passing through the village then north-east to join the D905. There are forests in the west, centre, and east of the commune with the rest being farmland.

The Brenne river passes through the commune from south to north parallel to and west of the D905. The Ruisseau de Chassaigne rises in the south of the commune and flows north through the village to join the Brenne east of the village.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2014	André Gras
2014	2026	Jean François Lallemant

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnétois or Arnétoises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 344 —     1800 358 +0.57% 1806 325 −1.60% 1821 385 +1.14% 1831 385 +0.00% 1836 382 −0.16% 1841 365 −0.91% 1846 376 +0.60% 1851 371 −0.27% 1856 300 −4.16% 1861 295 −0.34% 1866 292 −0.20% 1872 293 +0.06% 1876 297 +0.34% 1881 284 −0.89% 1886 277 −0.50% 1891 304 +1.88% 1896 255 −3.45%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 241 −1.12% 1906 234 −0.59% 1911 227 −0.61% 1921 195 −1.51% 1926 186 −0.94% 1931 166 −2.25% 1936 151 −1.88% 1946 135 −1.11% 1954 176 +3.37% 1962 208 +2.11% 1968 183 −2.11% 1975 154 −2.43% 1982 170 +1.42% 1990 160 −0.75% 1999 146 −1.01% 2007 123 −2.12% 2012 108 −2.57% 2017 111 +0.55%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

View over Arnay-sous-Vitteaux

A street in Arnay-sous-Vitteaux

Sites and monuments

• The Fortified house of Arnay.
• The Chapel of Saint Abdon.
• The Parish Church of Saint Alban contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Stained glass window: Virgin and child with donors (15th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Catherine (16th century)
  • A Monumental Painting: a Bishop and a Consecrational Cross (16th century)
  • A Stained glass window (17th century)

Gallery of Historical Items

• 
  The Chapel of Abdon in 2012 before restoration
• 
  The original stone altar in the Chapel of Saint Abdon
• 
  A Fragment of a Calvary dated 1502 in the Chapel of Abdon
• 
  An ancient Sarcophagus in the Chapel of Saint Abdon discovered nearby
• 
  The Church of Saint Alban
• 
  The Stained glass window: Virgin and child with donors
• 
  The Monumental Painting: a Bishop and a Consecrational Cross

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Arnay-sous-Vitteaux on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arnay-sous-Vitteaux on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arnay-sous-Vitteaux on the 1750 Cassini Map