Barges, Côte-d'Or

Barges
The Parish Church of the Assumption
Coat of arms
Barges
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Barges
Coordinates: 47°12′48″N 5°03′43″E / 47.2133°N 5.0619°E / 47.2133; 5.0619Coordinates: 47°12′48″N 5°03′43″E / 47.2133°N 5.0619°E / 47.2133; 5.0619
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Gevrey-Chambertin
Intercommunality	Sud Dijonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	André Daller
Area1	3.85 km2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	461
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	21048 / 21910
Elevation	203–227 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Barges is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bargeois or Bargeoises.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

The Chairon river rises near the village and flows south-east to join the Sans Fond at Beau-Vallon.^[3]

Mapping

A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article. None of these maps, however, show the extent of nor any information on the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

		Saulon-la-Rue
	Gevrey-Chambertin		Saulon-la-Chapelle
		Barges
	Saint-Philibert	Broindon	Noiron-sous-Gevrey

^[3]

History

Barges appears as Berge dit Barge (Berge known as Barge) on the 1750 Cassini Map^[5] and as Barge on the 1790 version.^[6]

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

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 461 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.^{[Note 1]}

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.^[8]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

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" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually and the entire territory of these communes 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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