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Country
  
France

Arrondissement
  
Montbard

Intercommunality
  
Canton de Vitteaux

Population
  
73 (1999)

Department
  
Côte-d'Or

Canton
  
Vitteaux

Area
  
11.54 km²

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Region
  
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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

Contents

Map of 21350 Avosnes, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avosniens or Avosniennes.

Geography

Avosnes is located some 25 km west of Dijon and 10 km north-west of Sombernon. Access to the commune is by the D9 road which comes from Villy-en-Auxois in the north and passes down the eastern side of the commune south to Saint-Mesmin. Access to the village is by the D119F which goes west from the D9 in the commune passing through the village and continuing west to join the D119 north of Saffres. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Barain in the north-west of the commune. There are large forests in the north of the commune with scattered forests elsewhere and the rest of the commune is farmland.

The Ozerain river flows from the south through the eastern side of the commune as it flows north to join the Brenne just south of Venarey-les-Laumes. The Ruisseau de Revillon rises in the centre of the commune and flows north to join the Ozerain at Chevannay.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 75 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.

Population Change (See database)

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Civil heritage

The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument:

  • A former Chateau (16th century)

    • Religious heritage

    The commune has one religious structure that is registered as an historical monument:

  • A Chapel and Cross at Barain (15th century) The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany (1756)
  • A Retable: Resurrection of Christ (1756)
  • 2 Retables (18th century)
  • A Baptismal font and Retable (1756)
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)
  • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)
  • A Bronze Bell (1788)
  • A Stoup (15th century)

    • References

    Avosnes Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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