Avelanges

Avelanges (French pronunciation: [avlɑ̃ʒ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Avelanges
Commune
The road into Avelanges
Coat of arms
Location of Avelanges
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Coordinates: 47°35′11″N 5°01′34″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Is-sur-Tille
Intercommunality	CC Vallées Tille Ignon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Rebérol
Area 1	6.08 km2 (2.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	37
• Density	6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21039 /21120
Elevation	348–467 m (1,142–1,532 ft) (avg. 370 m or 1,210 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Avelanges is located some 45 km north of Dijon and 35 km east by south-east of Aignay-le-Duc. Access to the commune is by the D120 road which branches from the D112 south of Avot in the north and passes through the commune and village before continuing south-west to Marey-sur-Tille. The commune has extensive forests mixed with smaller areas of farmland.

Toponymy

The name was Arclenglis or Avelengiis in 1028, Avallangiae in 1244, and Avelanges in 1793.

Administration

Avelanges Landscape

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2020	Jean Michel Moyemont
2020	2026	Sylvain Rebérol

Demography

A street in Avelanges

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avelangeais or Avelangeaises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 128 —     1800 109 −2.27% 1806 121 +1.76% 1821 121 +0.00% 1831 118 −0.25% 1836 119 +0.17% 1841 124 +0.83% 1846 115 −1.50% 1851 114 −0.17% 1856 104 −1.82% 1861 104 +0.00% 1866 82 −4.64% 1872 82 +0.00% 1876 73 −2.86% 1881 71 −0.55% 1886 71 +0.00% 1891 77 +1.64% 1896 81 +1.02%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 70 −2.88% 1906 66 −1.17% 1911 63 −0.93% 1921 55 −1.35% 1926 43 −4.80% 1931 52 +3.87% 1936 47 −2.00% 1946 54 +1.40% 1954 41 −3.38% 1962 47 +1.72% 1968 41 −2.25% 1975 43 +0.68% 1982 42 −0.34% 1990 41 −0.30% 1999 46 +1.29% 2007 44 −0.55% 2012 37 −3.41% 2017 35 −1.11%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Avelanges Picture Gallery

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  Avelanges School
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  Avelanges Lavoir (Public Laundry)
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  Avelanges Church
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  A Water Trough in Avalanges

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Avelanges on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Avelanges on the 1750 Cassini Map