Arcenant

Arcenant is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Arcenant
Commune
A general view of Arcenant
Coat of arms
Location of Arcenant
Arcenant
Arcenant
Coordinates: 47°08′25″N 4°50′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementBeaune
CantonNuits-Saint-Georges
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Paul Sérafin
Area
1
10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
507
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21017 /21700
Elevation305–591 m (1,001–1,939 ft)
(avg. 337 m or 1,106 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arcenantais or Arcenantaises[2]

Geography

Located in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, between Dijon and Beaune, Arcenant is 9 km west of Nuits-Saint-Georges and 16 km north of Beaune. Access to the commune is by the D25 road from Meuilley in the east passing through the village and continuing to join the D18 just west of the commune. The commune is heavily forested with some areas of farmland around the village and in the east.

The Raccordon rises west of the village and flows east through the village and on to join the Meuzin east of Meuilly.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[3]

History

On 15 June 1944 German troops together with men from the French Milice attacked a hundred Maquis resistance fighters holed up in a place called La Grotte (The Cave). Fighting resulted in 39 dead attackers and 6 dead Maquis with 4 wounded. The six dead were: Serge Boillereau, Ferruccio Borillo, Louis Evrard, Jean Fiorese, Jean Poulet, and André Rebill. This feat of arms continues to be celebrated each year on the site of the battle.[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012026Jean-Paul Sérafin

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 507 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 380—    
1800 392+0.45%
1806 430+1.55%
1821 420−0.16%
1831 491+1.57%
1836 542+2.00%
1841 547+0.18%
1846 549+0.07%
1851 559+0.36%
1856 563+0.14%
1861 560−0.11%
1866 588+0.98%
1872 545−1.26%
1876 552+0.32%
1881 557+0.18%
1886 539−0.65%
1891 484−2.13%
1896 440−1.89%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 445+0.23%
1906 416−1.34%
1911 378−1.90%
1921 305−2.12%
1926 318+0.84%
1931 301−1.09%
1936 270−2.15%
1946 278+0.29%
1954 271−0.32%
1962 260−0.52%
1968 271+0.69%
1975 233−2.14%
1982 257+1.41%
1990 414+6.14%
1999 451+0.96%
2007 477+0.70%
2012 510+1.35%
2017 507−0.12%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Sites and monuments
Merovingian Tomb
The Church of Saint Martin
An Antiphonary in the church
  • The Trou du Duc (The Duke's Hole), a cave in the side of a cliff from which there is a beautiful view, inhabited since antiquity[8]
  • The Puits à terre (Land Well), a well masoned similar to a conventional well but for collecting the soil from vines carried by the runoff water. There was enough remaining to restore in place.
  • The Groseille well, a large underground chamber 560m across and 30m deep
  • The Ecartelot Gallo-Roman site in the Arcenant communal forest. Located on a Roman road, it included a farm and a pool for drinking water, rare in Côte-d'Or.
  • A Fortified Priory from the 13th century.
  • A Tree of Liberty in the central square of the village.
  • 3 Lavoirs (Public Laundries) (19th century) are registered as historical monuments.[9]
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Martin (14th century) contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
    • A Painting: Ecstasy of Saint Angèle Merici (17th century)[10]
    • A Statue: Virgin and child (13th century)[11]
    • A Group Sculpture: Charity of Saint Martin (15th century)[12]
    • All the Monumental Paintings in the Choir (1885)[13]

[14]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Article in Bien Public of 26 June 2002, consulted on 25 December 2008. (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of France
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arcenant, EHESS. (in French)
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. Memoirs, Historical, Archaeological, and Literary Society of the Arrondissement of Beaune, Archaeological Society of Beaune (Côte d'Or), Impr. Beaunoise. 1910. p. 33, consulted on 25 December 2008. (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000604 Lavoir IA21000603 Lavoir at Le Racordon IA21000602 Lavoir at Chevrey(in French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000050 Painting: Ecstasy of Saint Angèle Merici (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000049 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000048 Group Sculpture: Charity of Saint Martin (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21008596 All the Monumental Paintings in the Choir (in French)
  14. Article in Bien Public on 5 January 2006, consulted on 25 December 2008. (in French)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.