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

Avosnes
The road into Avosnes
The road into Avosnes
Coat of arms of Avosnes
Location of Avosnes
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Avosnes is located in France
Avosnes
Avosnes
Avosnes is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Avosnes
Avosnes
Coordinates: 47°21′59″N 4°38′35″E / 47.3664°N 4.6431°E / 47.3664; 4.6431
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementMontbard
CantonSemur-en-Auxois
IntercommunalityCC Terres Auxois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Adrien Menetrier[1]
Area
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11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
93
 • Density8.1/km2 (21/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.

Geography

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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

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Administration

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The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name
2001 2008 Philbert Fouard
2008 2014 Gilles Mousseron
2014 2020 Patrick Guimont
2020 2026 Adrien Menetrier

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avosniens or Avosniennes in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 421—    
1800 355−2.41%
1806 394+1.75%
1821 354−0.71%
1831 354+0.00%
1836 363+0.50%
1841 348−0.84%
1846 328−1.18%
1851 317−0.68%
1856 324+0.44%
1861 307−1.07%
1866 278−1.96%
1872 269−0.55%
1876 234−3.42%
1881 222−1.05%
1886 221−0.09%
1891 218−0.27%
1896 223+0.45%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 206−1.57%
1906 186−2.02%
1911 161−2.85%
1921 140−1.39%
1926 151+1.52%
1931 128−3.25%
1936 136+1.22%
1946 133−0.22%
1954 119−1.38%
1962 107−1.32%
1968 92−2.49%
1975 77−2.51%
1982 76−0.19%
1990 66−1.75%
1999 73+1.13%
2007 73+0.00%
2012 79+1.59%
2017 89+2.41%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]
 
Avosnes War Memorial
 
Avosnes Landscape

Culture and heritage

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Avosnes Chateau

Civil heritage

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

  • A former Chateau (16th century) [8]

Religious heritage

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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) [9] The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avosnes, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112091 Chateau (in French)
  9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112090 Chapel and Cross (in French)
  10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000159 Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany (in French) 
  11. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000158 Retable: Resurrection of Christ (in French)
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000157 2 Retables (in French) 
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000156 Baptismal font and Retable (in French) 
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000155 Statue: Virgin and child (in French) 
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000154 Statue: Saint Antoine (in French) 
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000153 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (in French) 
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000152 Bronze Bell (in French)
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000151 Stoup (in French) 
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