Barjon

For the golfer, see Paul Barjon.

Barjon
Commune
A general view of Barjon
Coat of arms
Location of Barjon
Barjon Show map of France Barjon Show map of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 47°36′45″N 4°57′34″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Is-sur-Tille
Intercommunality	Tille et Venelle
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Emilien Bonneau[1]
Area ^1	4.57 km^2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	38
• Density	8.3/km^2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21049 /21580
Elevation	333–467 m (1,093–1,532 ft) (avg. 456 m or 1,496 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barjon (French pronunciation: [baʁʒɔ̃]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barjonais.[4]

Geography

Barjon is located on the southern flank of Mont Mercure (469 m) at an altitude of 397 metres at the town hall. It is some 40 km south-west of Langres and 40 km north by north-west of Dijon. Access to the commune is by the D19 road from Salives in the west which passes through the village and continues east to Avot. The D19E goes north from the village to join the D190 on the northern border of the commune.

The commune is forested in the southern arm with the centre of the commune farmland and a band of forest around its borders.

La Tille stream forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows east across the "neck" of the commune then forms part of the eastern border before continuing east to join La Creuse at Avot. La Tille de Barjon rises just east of the commune and flows south near the eastern border to join La Tille. Le Volgrain stream rises north-west of the commune and flows south down the western side of the commune and joins La Tille just south-west of the village.[5][6]

La Tille on the commune border with Avot

History

After the raids by the Saracens on Autun and the sacking of the village by Anbasa ibn Suhaym Al-Kalbi on 22 August 725, Saint Frodulphe de Barjon, the Abbot of Saint Martin, retired as a hermit to Barjon.

Barjon appears as Barjon on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]

Heraldry

Arms of Barjon

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Party per pale, at 1 argent a trefoil azure between 3 roundels gules 2 at honour point 1 at nombril point; at 2 azure a griffin of Or.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[9]

From	To	Name
2001	2020	Alain Guyot
2020	2021	Maurice Frachisse
2021	2026	Emilien Bonneau

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 41 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 270 —     1800 210 −3.53% 1806 230 +1.53% 1821 168 −2.07% 1831 208 +2.16% 1836 215 +0.66% 1841 184 −3.07% 1846 152 −3.75% 1851 173 +2.62% 1856 160 −1.55% 1861 157 −0.38% 1866 146 −1.44% 1872 123 −2.82% 1876 103 −4.34% 1881 84 −4.00% 1886 82 −0.48% 1891 82 +0.00% 1896 64 −4.84%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 68 +1.22% 1906 61 −2.15% 1911 65 +1.28% 1921 59 −0.96% 1926 60 +0.34% 1931 73 +4.00% 1936 63 −2.90% 1946 66 +0.47% 1954 55 −2.25% 1962 42 −3.31% 1968 42 +0.00% 1975 32 −3.81% 1982 32 +0.00% 1990 34 +0.76% 1999 37 +0.94% 2007 42 +1.60% 2012 36 −3.04% 2017 41 +2.64%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

The Chateau

Culture and heritage

The Church

Religious heritage

The commune has a Cemetery Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical monument.[12]

The Chapel of Saint Frodulphe in the Cemetery

14th century lintel in the Church

The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue: Saint John the Evangelist (17th century)[13]
• A Statue: Saint Madeleine (16th century)[14]
• A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (17th century)[15]
• The Sarcophagus of Saint Frodulphe (8th century)[16]
• A Statue: Saint Benigne (15th century)[17]
• A Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (17th century)[18]
• A Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (17th century)[19]
• A Statue: Saint Roch (17th century)[20]
• A Statue: Saint Frodulphe (17th century)[21]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
5. Barjon on Google Maps
6. Barjon on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
7. Barjon on the 1750 Cassini Map
8. Barjon on the 1790 Cassini Map
9. List of Mayors of France (in French)
10. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barjon, EHESS (in French).
11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112095 Cross (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21002634 Statue: Saint John the Evangelist (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000178 Statue: Saint Madeleine (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000177 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000176 Sarcophagus of Saint Frodulphe (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21002633 Statue: Saint Benigne (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000175 Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000174 Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000173 Statue: Saint Roch (in French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000172 Statue: Saint Frodulphe (in French)