Auvillars-sur-Saône

Auvillars-sur-Saône
The Castle
Coat of arms
Auvillars-sur-Saône
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Auvillars-sur-Saône
Coordinates: 47°03′47″N 5°06′11″E / 47.0631°N 5.1031°E / 47.0631; 5.1031Coordinates: 47°03′47″N 5°06′11″E / 47.0631°N 5.1031°E / 47.0631; 5.1031
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Seurre
Intercommunality	Rives de Saône
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Marc Jaudaux
Area1	6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	308
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	21035 / 21250
Elevation	176–226 m (577–741 ft) (avg. 231 m or 758 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.

Auvillars-sur-Saône 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 Auvillerois or Auvilleroises.^[1]

Geography

Auvillars-sur-Saône is located some 14 km south-east of Nuits-Saint-Georges and 20 km east by north-east of Beaune. Access to the commune is by the D996 road from Corcelles-lès-Cîteaux in the north which passes south down the western side of the commune to Pouilly-sur-Saône. The D35A branches off the D996 in the commune and goes to the village then continues south to Glanon. The D20 branches west off the D996 and goes to Bagnot. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Auvillars in the south. Apart from patches of forest in the centre of the commune the land is all farmland.^[2]

The Saône river forms the eastern boundary of the commune as it flows south to eventually join the Rhône at Lyon. The Raie du Lac flows south through the centre of the commune to join the Saône.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

		Broin	Bonnencontre
	Bagnot		Lechâtelet
		Auvillars-sur-Saône
		Glanon	Labruyère

History

The Chateau was built in 1409 by Jean de Saint-Hilaire and damaged in 1636 by the troops of Matthias Gallas.

Heraldry

Blazon: Or, a fesse wavy of Azure abased between an eagle in chief of sable and in base two boar heads erased the same surmounted by a mullet of 6 points in Gules; in chief Azure with two cinquefoils of Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 308 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 communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

There is a house in the commune that has 2 Weathervanes (18th century) that are registered as historical objects.^[20]

Religious heritage

The Church of Sainte-Madeleine

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Presbytery at Rue de l'Eglise (19th century)^[21]
• The Parish Church of Sainte-Madeleine at Rue de l'Eglise (15th century)^[22][23] The Church has a very large number of items that are registered as historical objects. Click here for a complete list with links to more details. (French)
• A Wayside Coss at RD 35a (1901)^[24]
• An Oratory at RD 996 (16th century)^[25]
• A Cemetery Cross (1844)^[26]

Environmental heritage

Because of its efforts for the quality of its nocturnal environment the commune was labeled a "2 star Village" in 2013.^[27] The label is awarded by the National Association for the Protection of the sky and night environment (ANPCEN ) and has 5 levels. A panel displayed at the entrances to the village shows this distinction.

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Auvillars-sur-Saône on Lion1906
• Auvillars-sur-Saône on Google Maps
• Auvillars-sur-Saône on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Auvillars on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Auvillars-sur-Saône 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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