Aiserey

Aiserey
The Town Hall and the Post Office
Coat of arms
Aiserey
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Aiserey
Coordinates: 47°10′23″N 5°09′46″E / 47.1731°N 5.1628°E / 47.1731; 5.1628Coordinates: 47°10′23″N 5°09′46″E / 47.1731°N 5.1628°E / 47.1731; 5.1628
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Genlis
Intercommunality	Plaine Dijonnaise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Gérard Tremoulet
Area1	10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,357
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	21005 / 21110
Elevation	187–199 m (614–653 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aiseréens or Aiseréennes^[1]

Geography

Aiserey is located some 20 km south-east of Dijon and 32 km north-east of Beaune. It can be accessed by Highway D968 from Dijon and Longecourt-en-Plaine in the north-west continuing through the heart of the commune and the village on to Brazey-en-Plaine in the south-east. There is also the D116 coming from Izeure in the west continuing to Echigey in the east. The railway line running south-east from Dijon passes through the commune and there is a station next to the village. In addition to the village there is the small village of Potangey in the north. The rest of the commune is entirely farmland apart from the former sugar refinery in the east.^[2]

The Canal de Bourgogne passes through the commune on the eastern side from north-west to south-east. The Oucherolle stream rises near the village and flows to the north-west. There are reservoirs in the east of the commune linked to the canal.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Noiron-sous-Gevrey	Longecourt-en-Plaine	Marliens
	Corcelles-les-Citeaux		Echigey
		Aiserey
	Izeure	Bessey-les-Citeaux	Trouhans

Heraldry

Blazon: Gules, a vase of Or supported by a crescent of argent and garnished by a bouquet of 5 flowers stalked and leaved the same, the flowers seeded in Or.

Administration

The War memorial

List of Successive Mayors of Aiserey^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 1,357 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through 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.^{[Note 1]}

Economy

The Sugar refinery at Aiserey

The Sugar refinery at Aiserey was the only one in Burgundy but it has been closed since December 2007 and been converted into an "organic" flour mill.^[4]

Sites and Monuments

Aiserey Castle

The Church

A group of Farm Buildings (19th century) are registered as an historical monument.^[5]

The two main monuments in Aiserey are its Chateau and its Church, both located in the heart of the village.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Étienne Stéphane Tarnier (1828-1897), a famous French physician born in Aiserey, which also has a street named in his honour
• Claude Bossuet d'Aiserey the uncle of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
• French wine
• Cantons of the Côte-d'Or department
• Arrondissements of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Aiserey on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Aiserey on Lion1906
• Aiserey on Google Maps
• Aiserey on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aiserey on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aiserey on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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