Barges, Côte-d'Or

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

(2020–2026) André Daller^[1]Area3.85 km² (1.49 sq mi)Population661 • Density170/km² (440/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation203–227 m (666–745 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barges (French pronunciation: [baʁʒ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.^[3]

Geography

Barges is located some 12 km due south of Dijon. Access to the commune is by the D996 road from Saulon-la-Rue in the north which passes down the eastern side of the commune and continues south-east to Noiron-sous-Gevrey. Access to the village is by the D109 from Épernay-sous-Gevrey in the south which enters the commune in the west and continues north-east through the village and continues east as the D31 to Bretenière. Apart from a significant-sized urban area around the village the commune is entirely farmland.^[4][5]

The Chairon river rises near the village and flows south-east to join the Sans Fond at Beau-Vallon.^[4]

History

Barges appears as Berge dit Barge (Berge known as Barge) on the 1750 Cassini Map^[6] and as Barge on the 1790 version.^[7]

Heraldry

Blazon: Vert, a fess wavy of Or between a sailboat Argent in chief sailing to sinister on fess and a crescent the same in base.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors^[8]

From	To	Name
2001	2014	Pierre Coquillet
2014	2026	André Daller

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bargeois or Bargeoises in French.^[9]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 273 —     1800 200 −4.35% 1806 219 +1.52% 1821 201 −0.57% 1831 184 −0.88% 1836 179 −0.55% 1841 170 −1.03% 1846 180 +1.15% 1851 186 +0.66% 1856 197 +1.16% 1861 176 −2.23% 1866 188 +1.33% 1872 165 −2.15% 1876 173 +1.19% 1881 165 −0.94% 1886 155 −1.24% 1891 163 +1.01% 1896 161 −0.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 156 −0.63% 1906 170 +1.73% 1911 155 −1.83% 1921 123 −2.29% 1926 119 −0.66% 1931 137 +2.86% 1936 135 −0.29% 1946 129 −0.45% 1954 135 +0.57% 1962 132 −0.28% 1968 143 +1.34% 1975 179 +3.26% 1982 315 +8.41% 1990 349 +1.29% 1999 336 −0.42% 2007 441 +3.46% 2012 496 +2.38% 2017 621 +4.60%
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Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Sites and monuments

• The War Memorial
• The Parish Church of the Assumption contains a Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[12]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References