Barges, Côte-d'Or

Barges
Commune
The Parish Church of the Assumption
Coat of arms
Location of Barges
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Coordinates: 47°12′48″N 5°03′43″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Nuits-Saint-Georges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Daller[1]
Area ^1	3.85 km^2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	661
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21048 /21910
Elevation	203–227 m (666–745 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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

Arms of Barges

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^[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%
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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Barges on Google Maps
5. Barges on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
6. Berge dit Barge on the 1750 Cassini Map
7. Barge on the 1790 Cassini Map
8. List of Mayors of France (in French)
9. Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
10. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barges, EHESS (in French).
11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000171 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (in French)