Asnières-en-Montagne

Asnières-en-Montagne
The chateau of Rochefort
Asnières-en-Montagne
Location within Burgundy region  Asnières-en-Montagne
Coordinates: 47°43′09″N 4°16′32″E / 47.7192°N 4.2756°E / 47.7192; 4.2756Coordinates: 47°43′09″N 4°16′32″E / 47.7192°N 4.2756°E / 47.7192; 4.2756
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Montbard
Intercommunality	Montbardois
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Carine Petry
Area1	28.47 km2 (10.99 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	186
• Density	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	21026 / 21500
Elevation	203–322 m (666–1,056 ft) (avg. 288 m or 945 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.

Asnières-en-Montagne 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 Asniérois or Asniéroises.^[1]

Geography

Asnières-en-Montagne is located some 25 km south-east of Tonnerre and 10 km north by north-west of Montbard. The western and northern borders of the commune are the boundaries between the departments of Côte-d'Or and Yonne. Access to the commune is by the D5 road from Montbard in the south passing through the east of the commune and continuing to Laignes in the north-east. Access to the village is by the D119 road from Ravières in the west passing through the village and continuing south-east to join the D5 near the commune border. The D5D also links the D5 at the northern border to the village then continues south-west to join the D905 between Perrigny-sur-Armançon and Nuits. The commune is almost surrounded on all sides by forests which cover about 60% of its area with the central area of the commune farmland.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Ravières	Jully	Verdonnet
	Nuits		Savoisy
	Asnières-en-Montagne
	Cry	Buffon	Arrans

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 186 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes 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 Chateau de Rochefort (16th century),^[4] the ruins of the chateau were restored by Les Clefs de Rochefort.^[5] together with the REMPART Union.

Chateau de Rochefort Gallery

Religious heritage

Two religious structures are registered as historical monuments. These are:

• Parish Church of Saint Pierre (14th century)^[6]
• Cemetery Cross (16th century)^[7]

The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects. These are:

• Cemetery Cross (17th century)^[8]
• Statue: Christ on the cross (17th century)^[9]
• Statue: Saint Mammès (16th century)^[10]
• Statue: Saint Roch (16th century)^[11]
• Statue: Saint Sebastian (16th century)^[12]
• Statue: Saint Barbe (16th century)^[13]
• Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)^[14]
• Statue: Saint Jean-Baptiste (15th century)^[15]
• Statue: Saint Jean de Réome (15th century)^[16]
• Statue: Saint Pierre (15th century)^[17]
• Statue: Virgin of mercy (15th century)^[18]
• Statue: Virgin of pity (15th century)^[19]
• Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)^[20]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Guy de Rochefort
• Pierre Clairambault (1651-1740), Genealogist

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Asnières-en-Montagne on Google Maps
• Asnières-en-Montagne on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Ameres on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Asnières-en-Montagne 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" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes 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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