Agencourt

This article is about the French commune. For the biotech company, see Agencourt Bioscience. For other uses, see Agincourt (disambiguation).

Agencourt
Commune
Agencourt Church
Coat of arms
Location of Agencourt
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Coordinates: 47°07′44″N 4°58′54″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Nuits-Saint-Georges
Intercommunality	Gevrey-Chambertin et Nuits-Saint-Georges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Seguin[1]
Area ^1	4.2 km^2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	441
• Density	110/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21001 /21700
Elevation	209–237 m (686–778 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Agencourt is located some 20 km south of Dijon on the A31 autoroute (E17) with Exit 1 in the commune. The motorway forms the western border of the commune with Nuits-Saint-Georges on the opposite side of the motorway. Access to the commune is on the D8 road (Rue du Village) from west to east from Nuits-Saint-Georges which continues east to Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux. Agencourt town is spread along the Highway D8 and is the only built-up area in the commune which consists entirely of farmland except for the Bois de Charbonniere on the eastern side of the commune.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Arms of Agencourt

Blazon: Vairé, of four rows tierced per pale in gules charged with pales of Or and surcharged by a clocheton of two bells of Argent masoned in sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Jean Detain
2008	2014	Alain Courteaux
2014	2026	Gilles Seguin

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agencourtois or Agencourtoises in French.[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 150 —     1800 192 +3.59% 1806 203 +0.93% 1821 167 −1.29% 1836 174 +0.27% 1841 167 −0.82% 1846 173 +0.71% 1851 172 −0.12% 1856 156 −1.93% 1861 176 +2.44% 1866 207 +3.30% 1872 202 −0.41% 1876 243 +4.73% 1881 281 +2.95% 1886 286 +0.35% 1891 292 +0.42% 1896 269 −1.63% 1901 300 +2.21%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 273 −1.87% 1911 257 −1.20% 1921 245 −0.48% 1926 232 −1.08% 1931 224 −0.70% 1936 231 +0.62% 1946 224 −0.31% 1954 229 +0.28% 1962 181 −2.90% 1968 183 +0.18% 1975 236 +3.70% 1982 268 +1.83% 1990 361 +3.79% 1999 422 +1.75% 2007 395 −0.82% 2012 433 +1.85% 2017 460 +1.22%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

• Agencourt Fortified House (1643)[8] with the remains of a moat: the main building from the 17th century, stables from 1643.

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

• The Parish Church of Notre-Dame (12th century).[9] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)[10]
  • A Monumental Painting: Centaur (16th century)[11]
  • A Consecrational Cross (14th century)[12]
  • A Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (15th century)[13]
  • A Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (16th century)[14]
  • A Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (15th century)[15]
• The Parish Church of the Assumption contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)[16]

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. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Agencourt, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112756 Agencourt Fortified House (in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112050 Church (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006006 Monumental Painting: Cherubs (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006005 Monumental Painting: Centaur (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006004 Consecrational Cross (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006003 Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006002 Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006001 Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21000860 Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (in French)

External links

• Agencourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Agencour on the 1750 Cassini Map