Barges, Côte-d'Or explained

Barges
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Barges (Côte-d'Or).svg
Arrondissement:Beaune
Canton:Nuits-Saint-Georges
Insee:21048
Postal Code:21910
Mayor:André Daller[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:47.2133°N 5.0619°W
Elevation Min M:203
Elevation Max M:227
Area Km2:3.85

Barges (in French pronounced as /baʁʒ/) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[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.

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

History

Barges appears as Berge dit Barge (Berge known as Barge) on the 1750 Cassini Map and as Barge on the 1790 version.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

From To Name
2001 2014 Pierre Coquillet
2014 2026 André Daller

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bargeois or Bargeoises in French.[4]

Sites and monuments

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM21048-barges INSEE commune file
  3. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=26622 List of Mayors of France
  4. https://www.habitants.fr/cote-d-or-21 Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or
  5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy