Country France Arrondissement Dijon Population (2010) 42 | Department Côte-d'Or Canton Is-sur-Tille Area 6.08 km² | |
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Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ||
Avelanges is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
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Map of 21120 Avelanges, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avelangeais or Avelangeaises.
Geography
Avelanges is located some 45 km north of Dijon and 35 km east by south-east of Aignay-le-Duc. Access to the commune is by the D120 road which branches from the D112 south of Avot in the north and passes through the commune and village before continuing south-west to Marey-sur-Tille. The commune has extensive forests mixed with smaller areas of farmland.
Toponymy
The name was Arclenglis or Avelengiis in 1028, Avallangiae in 1244, and Avelanges in 1793.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 42 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)