Agencourt

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Agencourt
Agencourt Church
Coat of arms
Agencourt
Location within Burgundy region  Agencourt
Coordinates: 47°07′44″N 4°58′54″E / 47.1289°N 4.9817°E / 47.1289; 4.9817Coordinates: 47°07′44″N 4°58′54″E / 47.1289°N 4.9817°E / 47.1289; 4.9817
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Nuits-Saint-Georges
Intercommunality	Pays de Nuits-Saint-Georges
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Gilles Seguin
Area1	4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	386
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	21001 / 21700
Elevation	209–237 m (686–778 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Agencourt is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agencourtois or Agencourtoises.^[1]

Geography

Agencourt is located some 20 km south of Dijon on the A31 autoroute (E17) with Exit 1 in the commune. The motorway forms the western border of the commune with Nuits-Saint-Georges on the opposite side of the motorway. Access to the commune is on the D8 road (Rue du Village) from west to east from Nuits-Saint-Georges which continues east to Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux. Agencourt town is spread along the Highway D8 and is the only built-up area in the commune which consists entirely of farmland except for the Bois de Charbonniere on the eastern side of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

	Nuits-Saint-Georges	Boncourt-le-Bois	Villebichot
	Chaux		La Chappelle
	Agencourt
	Premeaux-Prissey	Quincey	Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux

Heraldry

Blazon: Vairé, of four rows tierced per pale in gules charged with pales of Or and surcharged by a clocheton of two bells of Argent masoned in sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Population

In 2009, the commune had 386 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• Agencourt Fortified House (1643)^[4] with the remains of a moat: the main building from the 17th century, stables from 1643.

Religious heritage

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

• The Parish Church of Notre-Dame (12th century).^[5] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)^[6]
  • A Monumental Painting: Centaur (16th century)^[7]
  • A Consecrational Cross (14th century)^[8]
  • A Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (15th century)^[9]
  • A Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (16th century)^[10]
  • A Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (15th century)^[11]

• The Parish Church of the Assumption contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)^[12]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Agencourt on Lion 1906
• Agencourt on Google Maps
• Agencourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Agencour on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Agencourt on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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