Baubigny, Côte-d'Or

Baubigny
Commune
The hamlet of Orches in the commune
The hamlet of Orches in the commune
Coat of arms of Baubigny
Coat of arms
Location of Baubigny
Map
Baubigny is located in France
Baubigny
Baubigny
Baubigny is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Baubigny
Baubigny
Coordinates: 46°58′37″N 4°41′20″E / 46.9769°N 4.6889°E / 46.9769; 4.6889
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementBeaune
CantonArnay-le-Duc
IntercommunalityCA Beaune Côte et Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Rémy Morin[1]
Area
1
10.31 km2 (3.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
209
 • Density20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21050 /21340
Elevation313–566 m (1,027–1,857 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baubigny (French pronunciation: [bobiɲi]) 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 Balbiniacois or Balbiniacoises.[4]

Geography

Evelle

Baubigny is located some 12 km south-west of Beaune and 8 km north-east of Chagny. Access to the commune is by the D111D from La Rochepot in the south which goes to the village then continues east to join the D973 on the eastern border of the commune. The D906 passes along the western border and the north of the commune as it goes from Saint-Aubin to Ivry-en-Montagne. The D171 goes north from the village to join the D17 just north-east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Évelle and Orches. The commune is almost all farmland with a few patches of forest.[5][6]

The Ruisseau des Cloux flows north-east through the south-eastern corner of the commune and continues to join the Dheune south of Merceuil.[5][6]

Toponymy

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

Heraldry

Arms of Baubigny
Arms of Baubigny
 Blazon:

Azure, a fess of Or surmounted by 3 roundels the same in fess; in base a fer de moline the same.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors[9]

From To Name
2001 2006 Jean Paul Lacour
2006 2020 Patrick Manière
2020 2026 Rémy Morin

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 202 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 461—    
1800 499+1.14%
1806 603+3.21%
1821 619+0.17%
1831 645+0.41%
1836 643−0.06%
1841 610−1.05%
1846 653+1.37%
1851 660+0.21%
1856 617−1.34%
1861 587−0.99%
1866 555−1.11%
1872 573+0.53%
1876 635+2.60%
1881 663+0.87%
1886 639−0.73%
1891 660+0.65%
1896 520−4.66%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 490−1.18%
1906 460−1.26%
1911 400−2.76%
1921 310−2.52%
1926 265−3.09%
1931 232−2.62%
1936 226−0.52%
1946 204−1.02%
1954 176−1.83%
1962 180+0.28%
1968 198+1.60%
1975 164−2.66%
1982 202+3.02%
1990 221+1.13%
1999 252+1.47%
2007 268+0.77%
2012 214−4.40%
2017 202−1.15%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Culture and heritage

The excavation at Dracy
The Parish Church

Civil heritage

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

  • A House at Evelle (16th century)[12]
  • A House at Evelle (19th century)[13]
  • A House at Evelle (1777)[14]
  • A House at Evelle (18th century)[15]
  • A Winemaker's House at Rue d'Eschailley Evelle (18th century)[16]
  • A House at Goulot de Jalant Orches (17th century)[17]
  • A Winemaker's House at Rue du Lavoir Orches (16th century)[18]
  • A Fountain at Orches (18th century)[19]
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) (19th century)[20]
  • The Fountain au Chêne at Orches (19th century)[21]
  • A Winemaker's Manor House at Evelle (18th century)[22]
  • A Houses and Farms (15th-19th century)[23]

Religious heritage

The commune has many religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Wayside Cross (north-east) (1815)[24]
  • A Wayside Cross (north) (1860)[25]
  • A Cemetery Cross (1895)[26]
  • A Wayside Cross (north-east of Orches) (19th century)[27]
  • A Wayside Cross (north-west) (19th century)[28]
  • A Cemetery Cross (1880)[29]
  • The Croix du Pèlerin wayside cross (19th century)[30]
  • The Chapel Saint-Marc (15th century)[31]
  • The Croix de Choux wayside cross (19th century)[32]
  • 8 Monumental Crosses (19th century)[33]
  • The Chapel Saint-Abdon (18th century)[34]
  • The Parish Church of Saint Léger (12th century)[35]

The Church and chapels contain a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. In total, including civil heritage, there are over 50 historical objects in the commune.[36]

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Théodore Monod (1902-2000), scientific naturalist, explorer, scholar and French humanist. From 1980 to 1999 he came to Baubigny every year. The Foyer Rural was funded by Théodore-Monod. There is also a Théodore-Monod footpath.[37]
  • Léon Fichot, champion cyclist, was born in Baubigny on 12 October 1906.

See also

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. ^ Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
  5. ^ a b c Baubigny on Google Maps
  6. ^ a b Baubigny on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ^ Baubigny on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. ^ Baubigny 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 Baubigny, EHESS (in French).
  11. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061229 House at Evelle (in French)
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061230 House at Evelle (in French)
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061231 House at Evelle (in French)
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061232 House at Evelle (in French)
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061233 Winemaker's House at Evelle (in French)
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061237 House at Orches (in French)
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061236 Winemaker's House at Orches (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061239 Fountain at Orches (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000610 Lavoir (in French)
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061240 Fountain au Chêne (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061228 Winemaker's Manor House at Evelle (in French)
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061223 Houses and Farms (in French)
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061243 Wayside Cross (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061242 Wayside Cross (in French)
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061241 Cemetery Cross (in French)
  27. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061238 Wayside Cross (in French)
  28. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061226 Wayside Cross (in French)
  29. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061225 Cemetery Cross (in French)
  30. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061244 Croix du Pèlerin (in French)
  31. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061235 Chapel of Saint-Marc (in French)
  32. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061234 Croix du Choux (in French)
  33. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061569 8 Monumental Crosses (in French)
  34. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061227 Chapel of Saint-Abdon (in French)
  35. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00061224 Parish Church of Saint Léger (in French)
  36. ^ Base Palissy: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  37. ^ The Théodore Monod footpath Archived February 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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