Argilly

Argilly
Fortified farm at Argilly
Coat of arms
Argilly
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Argilly
Coordinates: 47°04′09″N 5°00′46″E / 47.0692°N 5.0128°E / 47.0692; 5.0128Coordinates: 47°04′09″N 5°00′46″E / 47.0692°N 5.0128°E / 47.0692; 5.0128
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Nuits-Saint-Georges
Intercommunality	Pays de Nuits-Saint-Georges
Government
• Mayor (2001–2020)	Antonio Cobos
Area1	34.12 km2 (13.17 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	454
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	21022 / 21700
Elevation	188–227 m (617–745 ft) (avg. 224 m or 735 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.

Argilly is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Argilliens or Argilliennes^[1]

Geography

Argilly is located some 8 km south-east of Nuits-Saint-Georges and 12 km north-east of Beaune. Access to the commune is by the D35 road from Gerland to the north passing through the commune north of the village and continuing to Bagnot in the east. Access to the village is by the D20 which branches off the D35 in the commune and passes south-west through the village and continues to Beaune. The A36 autoroute passes through the south of the commune but there is no exit in or near the commune. The commune is heavily forested in the north-east, east, and south with more forest in the north-west. The rest of the commune is farmland.^[2]

There is the Étang de Longbroche reservoir south-east of the village with streams flowing into it and the Meuzin stream flows south west of the village.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Premeaux-Prissey	Gerland	Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux
	Ladoix-Serrigny		Bagnot
		Argilly
	Vignoles	Villy-le-Moutier	Pouilly-sur-Saône

History

The Castle of the Dukes of Burgundy was destroyed in 1590. There was also a tile factory which belonged to the Dukes.

Heraldry

Blazon: Made of Gold, with two stakes of Sand.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 454 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]}

Sites and Monuments

The Merovingian tomb

The Church of the Assumption

• A Merovingian villa and a large necropolis detected by aerial photography (objects at the Rodier Museum at Nuits-Saint-Georges).
• A Motte and Bailey castle of the Dukes.
• A fortified farmhouse from the 16th century with remains of the old castle: turret, hexagonal spiral staircase, bay windows with curly brackets, huge fireplaces, French ceilings.
• A Feudal mound and turrets from the fortified Chateau of Antilly.
• A Lavoir (Public Laundry) (1875) is registered as an historical monument.^[4]
• The Parish Church of the Assumption (13th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[5] It was rebuilt in the 18th century: the choir and transept are from the 13th century; the belfry the nave, and the monumental façade are from the 18th century. The church contains the following items registered as historical objects:
  • A Pulpit (18th century)^[6]
  • Bust/Reliquary of Saint-Reine (18th century)^[7]
  • Bust/Reliquary of Saint-Robert (18th century)^[8]
  • 2 candlesticks (18th century)^[9] from Citeaux Abbey
  • Set of 8 candlesticks and an altar cross (17th century)^[10]
  • A Statue: Virgin and Child (17th century)^[11]
  • A Statue: Saint Peter (15th century)^[12] by Claus Sluter.
  • A Tomb (13th century)^[13]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Jean II Quarré, in 1416 received the fief of La Mothe d'Argilly from John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, who allowed him to take all the wood necessary for the construction of his house in La Mothe.^[14]
• Pierre Ranvial was Chatelain of the Chateau of Argilly in the year 1454. In the same year he was knighted.

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Argilly on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Argilly on Lion1906
• Argilly on Google Maps
• Argilly on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Argilly on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Argilly 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 on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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