Bard-le-Régulier

Bard-le-Régulier
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°08′47″N 4°19′01″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Arnay-le-Duc
Intercommunality	Pays Arnay Liernais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Genotte[1]
Area ^1	9.1 km^2 (3.5 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	75
• Density	8.2/km^2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21046 /21430
Elevation	394–550 m (1,293–1,804 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bard-le-Régulier (French pronunciation: [baʁ lə ʁeɡylje]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[3]

Geography

Bard-le-Régulier is located in the Massif of Morvan in a natural regional park at the foot of Mount Bard some 60 km south-west of Dijon, 25 km north of Autun, and 12 km west of Arnay-le-Duc. Access to the commune is by the D15 road from Brazey-en-Morvan in the north which passes through the heart of the commune and the village before continuing south to join the D11 south of Manlay. The D15E goes north-east from the village to Vianges. The D115 goes south-west from the village to join the D233 south-west of the commune after changing to the D247 at the departmental border. A railway line passes through the commune from north to south but there is no station in the commune with the nearest station some 2 km south-east of the commune. The commune is quite heavily forested but with large areas of farmland.[4][5]

The Trévoux rises from a small lake in the north of the commune and flows south through the village continuing south to eventually join the Arroux north-west of Igornay.[4]

History

Bard-le-Régulier appears as Bard on the 1750 Cassini Map[6] and does not appear on the 1790 version.[7]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[8]

From	To	Name
2001	2020	Raymond Morel
2020	2026	Patrick Genotte

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barriens or Barriennes in French.[9]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 301 —     1800 313 +0.56% 1806 293 −1.09% 1821 254 −0.95% 1831 268 +0.54% 1836 238 −2.35% 1841 301 +4.81% 1846 281 −1.37% 1851 290 +0.63% 1856 305 +1.01% 1861 273 −2.19% 1866 299 +1.84% 1872 299 +0.00% 1876 300 +0.08% 1881 314 +0.92% 1886 278 −2.41% 1891 296 +1.26% 1896 293 −0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 260 −2.36% 1906 229 −2.51% 1911 230 +0.09% 1921 192 −1.79% 1926 188 −0.42% 1931 185 −0.32% 1936 202 +1.77% 1946 210 +0.39% 1954 153 −3.88% 1962 140 −1.10% 1968 142 +0.24% 1975 120 −2.38% 1982 105 −1.89% 1990 90 −1.91% 1999 75 −2.01% 2007 66 −1.59% 2012 72 +1.76% 2017 72 +0.00%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse on the D115 (19th century)[12]
• A Farmhouse on the D115 (19th century)[13]
• Houses and Farms (16th-19th century)[14]

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint John the Evangelist

• The Church of Saint John the Evangelist (11th century) is registered as an historical monument.[15] The Church is surmounted by an octagonal bell tower which was built in the 11th to the 14th centuries. It depended on the priory of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • An Altar (12th century)[16]
  • An Altar Table (12th century)[17]
  • A Statue: Saint Sebastian (16th century)[18]
  • A Statue: Saint John the Evangelist drinking the poisoned cup (15th century)[19]
  • A Sculpture: Jean Brazey reclining (14th century)[20]
  • The Upper and Lower Stalls (14th century)[21]

Church Picture Gallery

• 
  The Bell Tower
• 
  The nave
• 
  The Altar Table (12th century)
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  The Stalls (14th century)
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  A detail on the Stalls
• 
  A detail on the Stalls

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
• Parc naturel régional du Morvan

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Bard-le-Régulier on Google Maps
5. Bard-le-Régulier on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
6. Bard on the 1750 Cassini Map
7. Blank 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 Bard-le-Régulier, EHESS (in French).
11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000737 Farmhouse (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000736 Farmhouse (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000735 Houses and Farms (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112096 Church of Saint John the Evangelist (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21002965 Altar (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000170 Altar Table (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000169 Statiue: Saint Sebastian (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000168 Statue: Saint John the Evangelist drinking the poisoned cup (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000167 Sculpture: Jean Brazey reclining (in French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000166 Upper and Lower Stalls (in French)