Barges, Côte-d'Or

Barges
The Parish Church of the Assumption
Coat of arms
Barges
Location within Burgundy region  Barges
Coordinates: 47°12′48″N 5°03′43″E / 47.2133°N 5.0619°ECoordinates: 47°12′48″N 5°03′43″E / 47.2133°N 5.0619°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Gevrey-Chambertin
Intercommunality	Sud Dijonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	André Daller
Area^1	3.85 km^2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	461
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	21048 / 21910
Elevation	203–227 m (666–745 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.

Barges is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bargeois or Bargeoises.^[2]

Geography

Barges is located some 12 km due south of Dijon. Access to the commune is by the D996 road from Saulon-la-Rue in the north which passes down the eastern side of the commune and continues south-east to Noiron-sous-Gevrey. Access to the village is by the D109 from Épernay-sous-Gevrey in the south which enters the commune in the west and continues north-east through the village and continues east as the D31 to Bretenière. Apart from a significant-sized urban area around the village the commune is entirely farmland.^[3][4]

The Chairon river rises near the village and flows south-east to join the Sans Fond at Beau-Vallon.^[3]

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. None of these maps, however, show the extent of nor any information on the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

^[3]

History

Barges appears as Berge dit Barge (Berge known as Barge) on the 1750 Cassini Map^[5] and as Barge on the 1790 version.^[6]

Heraldry

Blazon: Vert, a fess wavy of Or between a sailboat Argent in chief sailing to sinister on fess and a crescent the same in base.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Pierre Coquillet
2014	2020	André Daller

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 461 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]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
273	200	219	201	184	179	170	180	186

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
197	176	188	165	173	165	155	163	161

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
156	170	155	123	119	137	135	129	135

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
132	143	179	315	349	336	-	461	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and monuments

• The War Memorial
• The Parish Church of the Assumption contains a Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[8]

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

1. Barges on Lion1906
2. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (French)
3. Barges on Google Maps
4. Barges on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
5. Berge dit Barge on the 1750 Cassini Map
6. Barge on the 1790 Cassini Map
7. List of Mayors of France (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000171 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (French)