Country France Arrondissement Montbard Population (2010) 90 | Department Côte-d'Or Canton Montbard Area 5.92 km² | |
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Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ||
Athie is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
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Map of 21500 Athie, France
Geography
Athie is located some 12 km south-west of Montbard and 13 km north-east of Époisses. Access to the commune is by road D4 from Senailly in the north which passes through the village and continues south-west to Bard-lès-Époisses. The D1 road comes from Moutiers-Saint-Jean in the west passing through the village and merging with the D4 then continuing south-east to Viserny. There is a large band of forest in the north-east of the commune with small patches south of the village and the rest of the land is farmland.
The Armançon river flows through the centre of the commune from south to north, eventually joining the Yonne at Migennes. The Reome river flows from the west to join the Armançon in the village.
History
During the French Revolutionary National Convention period (1792-1795), the commune, formerly called Athie-lès-Moutier, took the name Athie-sous-Réome.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 90 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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Sites and monuments
There is a Cemetery Cross (15th century) next to a country church which is registered as a historical monument.
There is an attractive garden at the Moulin d'Athie. There is also a magnificent Pietà at the crossroads of Rue Haute and the Grande Rue.
The parish Church of Saint-Cassien contains several items which are registered as historical objects: