Country France Arrondissement Beaune Intercommunality Rives de Saône Population 212 (1999) | Department Côte-d'Or Canton Seurre Area 6.74 km² | |
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Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ||
Auvillars-sur-Saône is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
Contents
- Map of 21250 Auvillars sur SaC3B4ne France
- Geography
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Civil heritage
- Religious heritage
- Environmental heritage
- References
Map of 21250 Auvillars-sur-Sa%C3%B4ne, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auvillerois or Auvilleroises.
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.
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.
History
The Chateau was built in 1409 by Jean de Saint-Hilaire and damaged in 1636 by the troops of Matthias Gallas.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
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.
Religious heritage
The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
Environmental heritage
Because of its efforts for the quality of its nocturnal environment the commune was labeled a "2 star Village" in 2013. 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.