Avosnes
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Avosnes
|commune status = Commune
|image = Avosnes Entry.JPG
|caption = The road into Avosnes
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Avosnes (Côte-d'Or).svg
|arrondissement = Montbard
|canton = Semur-en-Auxois
|INSEE = 21040
|postal code = 21350
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Terres Auxois
|coordinates = {{coord|47.3664|4.6431|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 400
|elevation min m = 368
|elevation max m = 552
|area km2 = 11.54
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Avosnes ({{IPA|fr|avon}}) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
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.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avosnes,+France/@47.3651192,4.6368867,6137m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47ed879aa3729725:0xe3eeae559e864d07?hl=en Google Maps]
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.
=Neighbouring communes and villages=
{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Centre = Avosnes
|North = Chevannay
|Northeast = Saint-Hélier
|East = Verrey-sous-Drée
|Southeast = Drée
|South = Saint-Mesmin
|Southwest = Marcellois
|West = Saffres
|Northwest = Massingy-lès-Vitteaux
}}
Administration
{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=26615 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}
| class="wikitable" | ||
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2008 | Philbert Fouard |
| 2008 | 2014 | Gilles Mousseron |
| 2014 | 2020 | Patrick Guimont |
| 2020 | 2026 | Adrien Menetrier |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avosniens or Avosniennes in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/cote-d-or-21 Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or], habitants.fr
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|2206|Avosnes}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-21040#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |421
|1800 |355
|1806 |394
|1821 |354
|1831 |354
|1836 |363
|1841 |348
|1846 |328
|1851 |317
|1856 |324
|1861 |307
|1866 |278
|1872 |269
|1876 |234
|1881 |222
|1886 |221
|1891 |218
|1896 |223
|1901 |206
|1906 |186
|1911 |161
|1921 |140
|1926 |151
|1931 |128
|1936 |136
|1946 |133
|1954 |119
|1962 |107
|1968 |92
|1975 |77
|1982 |76
|1990 |66
|1999 |73
|2007 |73
|2012 |79
|2017 |89
}}
Culture and heritage
=Civil heritage=
The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument:
- A former Chateau (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00112091|PA00112091 Chateau}} {{in lang|fr}}
=Religious heritage=
File:Avosnes Wayside Cross.JPG
The commune has one religious structure that is registered as an historical monument:
- A Chapel and Cross at Barain (15th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00112090|PA00112090 Chapel and Cross}} {{in lang|fr}} The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany (1756){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000159|PM21000159 Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
- A Retable: Resurrection of Christ (1756){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000158|PM21000158 Retable: Resurrection of Christ}} {{in lang|fr}}
- 2 Retables (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000157|PM21000157 2 Retables}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
- A Baptismal font and Retable (1756){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000156|PM21000156 Baptismal font and Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
- A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000155|PM21000155 Statue: Virgin and child}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
- A Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000154|PM21000154 Statue: Saint Antoine}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
- A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000153|PM21000153 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
- A Bronze Bell (1788){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000152|PM21000152 Bronze Bell}} {{in lang|fr}}
- A Stoup (15th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM21000151|PM21000151 Stoup}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311175815/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=22267 Avosnes on the old IGN website] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=4.6431,47.3664&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Avosnes on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=47.3664&lon=4.6431&zoom=13 Avofne on the 1750 Cassini Map]
{{Commons category|Avosnes}}
{{Côte-d'Or communes}}
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