Athie, Côte-d'Or

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

Athie
Commune
The Moulin d'Athie
Location of Athie
Athie
Athie
Coordinates: 47°34′01″N 4°15′17″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementMontbard
CantonMontbard
IntercommunalityCC Montbardois
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Pascal Lhuillier
Area
1
5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
75
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21029 /21500
Elevation210–403 m (689–1,322 ft)
(avg. 214 m or 702 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Athie is located some 12 km south-west of Montbard and 13 km north-east of Époisses. Access to the commune is by road D4 from Senailly in the north which passes through the village and continues south-west to Bard-lès-Époisses. The D1 road comes from Moutiers-Saint-Jean in the west passing through the village and merging with the D4 then continuing south-east to Viserny. There is a large band of forest in the north-east of the commune with small patches south of the village and the rest of the land is farmland.[2]

The Armançon river flows through the centre of the commune from south to north, eventually joining the Yonne at Migennes. The Reome river flows from the west to join the Armançon in the village.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

During the French Revolutionary National Convention period (1792-1795), the commune, formerly called Athie-lès-Moutier,[3] took the name Athie-sous-Réome.[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012008Michel Lhuillier
20082020Pascal Lhuillier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 75 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 251—    
1800 243−0.46%
1806 267+1.58%
1821 252−0.38%
1831 252+0.00%
1836 239−1.05%
1841 238−0.08%
1846 229−0.77%
1851 252+1.93%
1856 219−2.77%
1861 208−1.03%
1866 208+0.00%
1872 203−0.40%
1876 204+0.12%
1881 196−0.80%
1886 192−0.41%
1891 168−2.64%
1896 152−1.98%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 146−0.80%
1906 145−0.14%
1911 126−2.77%
1921 107−1.62%
1926 116+1.63%
1931 109−1.24%
1936 101−1.51%
1946 84−1.83%
1954 89+0.73%
1962 90+0.14%
1968 88−0.37%
1975 76−2.07%
1982 74−0.38%
1990 70−0.69%
1999 92+3.08%
2007 90−0.27%
2012 85−1.14%
2017 75−2.47%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[6]

Sites and monuments

There is a Cemetery Cross (15th century) next to a country church which is registered as a historical monument.[7]

There is an attractive garden at the Moulin d'Athie. There is also a magnificent Pietà at the crossroads of Rue Haute and the Grande Rue.

The parish Church of Saint-Cassien contains several items which are registered as historical objects:

  • Statue: Saint-Cassien (18th century)[8]
  • Statue: Sainte Barbe (15th century)[9]
  • Statue: Virgin and Child (14th century)[10]
  • Statue: Saint Jacques (16th century)[11]
  • Statue: Christ (14th century)[12]
  • Tabernacle (15th century)[13]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Google Maps
  3. According to: Revolutionary names of communes of France, p. 17, consulted on 31 July 2012 (in French)
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Athie, EHESS. (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112073 Cemetery Cross (in French)
  8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000102 Statue: Saint Cassien (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000101 Statue: Saint Barbe (in French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000100 Statue: Virgin and Child (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000099 Statue: Saint Jacques (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000098 Statue: Christ (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000097 Tabernacle (in French)
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