Arnay-sous-Vitteaux
Arnay-sous-Vitteaux | |
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The road into Arnay-sous-Vitteaux | |
Coordinates: 47°26′49″N 4°29′54″E / 47.4469°N 4.4983°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Côte-d'Or |
Arrondissement | Montbard |
Canton | Semur-en-Auxois |
Intercommunality | CC Terres Auxois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean François Lallemant[1] |
Area 1 | 12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 114 |
• Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 21024 /21350 |
Elevation | 277–482 m (909–1,581 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Arnay-sous-Vitteaux (French pronunciation: [aʁnɛ su vito], literally Arnay under Vitteaux) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
Geography
[edit]Arnay-sous-Vitteaux is located some 50 km north-west of Dijon and 35 km south-east of Montbard. Access to the commune is by the D905 road from Vitteaux in the south passing through the east of the commune and continuing north to Venarey-les-Laumes. Access to the village is by the D1178 from Marigny-le-Cahouët in the north-west passing through the village then north-east to join the D905. There are forests in the west, centre, and east of the commune with the rest being farmland.[3]
The Brenne river passes through the commune from south to north parallel to and west of the D905. The Ruisseau de Chassaigne rises in the south of the commune and flows north through the village to join the Brenne east of the village.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages
[edit]Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
From | To | Name |
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2001 | 2014 | André Gras |
2014 | 2026 | Jean François Lallemant |
Demography
[edit]The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnétois or Arnétoises in French.[5]
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7] |
Sites and monuments
[edit]- The Fortified house of Arnay.[8]
- The Chapel of Saint Abdon.
- The Parish Church of Saint Alban contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
Gallery of Historical Items
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The Chapel of Abdon in 2012 before restoration
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The original stone altar in the Chapel of Saint Abdon
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A Fragment of a Calvary dated 1502 in the Chapel of Abdon
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An ancient Sarcophagus in the Chapel of Saint Abdon discovered nearby
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The Church of Saint Alban
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The Stained glass window: Virgin and child with donors
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The Monumental Painting: a Bishop and a Consecrational Cross
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arnay-sous-Vitteaux, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Élisabeth Sirot, Noble and fortified house - The lordly manors in the medieval countryside from the middle of the 12th century to the beginning of the 16th century, Editions Picard, Paris, 2007, ISBN 978-2-7084-0770-1, LCCN 2007475228, p. 10 (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000075 Stained glass window: Virgin and child with donors (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21000863 Stained glass window: Virgin and child with donors (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000074 Statue: Saint Catherine (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21008599 Monumental Painting: a Bishop and a Consecrational Cross (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21000864 Stained glass window (in French)
External links
[edit]- Arnay-sous-Vitteaux on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
- Arnay-sous-Vitteaux on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Arnay-sous-Vitteaux on the 1750 Cassini Map
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