Avot, Côte-d'Or

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

Avot
Commune
A street in Avot
Coat of arms
Location of Avot
Avot Avot
Coordinates: 47°37′09″N 5°00′48″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Is-sur-Tille
Intercommunality	CC Tille Venelle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Guillemot
Area 1	21.67 km2 (8.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	188
• Density	8.7/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21041 /21580
Elevation	307–501 m (1,007–1,644 ft) (avg. 315 m or 1,033 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Avot is located some 40 km north by north-west of Dijon and 17 km west by north-west of Selongey. Access to the commune is by road D19 from Salives in the west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village before continuing east to join the D959 north of Marey-sur-Tille. The D19K goes north from the village to join the D112C east of Fraignot-et-Vesvrotte. Most of the commune is heavily forested with some small areas of farmland.

The Tille river flows through the heart of the commune from west to east then continues southwards to join the Saône near Les Maillys. The Creuse flows from the north of the commune and joins the Tille at the village.

Heraldry

Arms of Avot

Blazon: Gules on a cross Argent 5 mullets Azure.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Joël Leroy
2008	2026	Bernard Guillemot

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 187 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 265 —     1800 260 −0.27% 1806 245 −0.99% 1821 273 +0.72% 1831 287 +0.50% 1836 311 +1.62% 1841 325 +0.88% 1846 343 +1.08% 1851 352 +0.52% 1856 350 −0.11% 1861 334 −0.93% 1866 290 −2.79% 1872 266 −1.43% 1876 250 −1.54% 1881 246 −0.32% 1886 245 −0.08% 1891 242 −0.25% 1896 244 +0.16%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 234 −0.83% 1906 212 −1.96% 1911 210 −0.19% 1921 175 −1.81% 1926 220 +4.68% 1931 198 −2.09% 1936 206 +0.80% 1946 230 +1.11% 1954 202 −1.61% 1962 178 −1.57% 1968 174 −0.38% 1975 202 +2.15% 1982 174 −2.11% 1990 150 −1.84% 1999 141 −0.69% 2007 135 −0.54% 2012 163 +3.84% 2017 187 +2.79%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

A Water Trough in Avot

Avot War Memorial

Avot Picture Gallery

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  Avot Church
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  A Lavoir (Public Laundry) in Avot
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  A Lavoir (Public Laundry) in Avot
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  The Tille river at Avot

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

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