Baubigny, Côte-d'Or

Baubigny
The hamlet of Orches in the commune
Coat of arms
Baubigny
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Baubigny
Coordinates: 46°58′37″N 4°41′20″E / 46.9769°N 4.6889°E / 46.9769; 4.6889Coordinates: 46°58′37″N 4°41′20″E / 46.9769°N 4.6889°E / 46.9769; 4.6889
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Nolay
Intercommunality	Beaune Côte et Sud
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Manière
Area1	10.31 km2 (3.98 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	222
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	21050 / 21340
Elevation	313–566 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Baubigny is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balbiniacois or Balbiniacoises.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

The Ruisseau des Cloux flows north-east through the south-eastern corner of the commune and continues to join the Dheune south of Merceuil.^[3][4]

Mapping

A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article.

Neighbouring communes and villages

	Santosse		Meloisey
	Vauchignon		Saint-Romain
		Baubigny
	Cormot-le-Grand	La Rochepot	Saint-Aubin

^[3]

Toponymy

Baubigny appears as Baubigny on the 1750 Cassini Map^[5] and the same on the 1790 version.^[6]

Heraldry

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^[7]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 222 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Culture and heritage

The excavation at Dracy

The Parish Church

Civil heritage

• The medieval village of Dracy, excavated by Jean-Marie Pesez, Françoise Piponnier, and students of the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes (EPHE), has led to numerous publications that have made it a known site for medieval archaeology.

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

• A House at Evelle (16th century)^[8]
• A House at Evelle (19th century)^[9]
• A House at Evelle (1777)^[10]
• A House at Evelle (18th century)^[11]
• A Winemaker's House at Rue d'Eschailley Evelle (18th century)^[12]
• A House at Goulot de Jalant Orches (17th century)^[13]
• A Winemaker's House at Rue du Lavoir Orches (16th century)^[14]
• A Fountain at Orches (18th century)^[15]
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) (19th century)^[16]
• The Fountain au Chêne at Orches (19th century)^[17]
• A Winemaker's Manor House at Evelle (18th century)^[18]
• A Houses and Farms (15th-19th century)^[19]

Religious heritage

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

• A Wayside Cross (north-east) (1815)^[20]
• A Wayside Cross (north) (1860)^[21]
• A Cemetery Cross (1895)^[22]
• A Wayside Cross (north-east of Orches) (19th century)^[23]
• A Wayside Cross (north-west) (19th century)^[24]
• A Cemetery Cross (1880)^[25]
• The Croix du Pèlerin wayside cross (19th century)^[26]
• The Chapel Saint-Marc (15th century)^[27]
• The Croix de Choux wayside cross (19th century)^[28]
• 8 Monumental Crosses (19th century)^[29]
• The Chapel Saint-Abdon (18th century)^[30]
• The Parish Church of Saint Léger (12th century)^[31]

The Church and chapels contain a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. To see a complete list with links to descriptions (in French) and a few photos click here.

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.^[32]
• Léon Fichot, champion cyclist, was born in Baubigny on 12 October 1906.

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually and the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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