Agencourt
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(avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
Agencourt (French pronunciation: [aʒɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
Geography
Agencourt is located some 20 km south of Dijon on the A31 autoroute (E17) with Exit 1 in the commune. The motorway forms the western border of the commune with Nuits-Saint-Georges on the opposite side of the motorway. Access to the commune is on the D8 road (Rue du Village) from west to east from Nuits-Saint-Georges which continues east to Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux. Agencourt town is spread along the Highway D8 and is the only built-up area in the commune which consists entirely of farmland except for the Bois de Charbonniere on the eastern side of the commune.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages
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Nuits-Saint-Georges | Boncourt-le-Bois | Villebichot |
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Chaux | ![]() ![]() | La Chappelle |
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Premeaux-Prissey | Quincey | Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux |
Heraldry
![]() | Blazon: Vairé, of four rows tierced per pale in gules charged with pales of Or and surcharged by a clocheton of two bells of Argent masoned in sable.
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Administration
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List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt[4]
From | To | Name |
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2001 | 2008 | Jean Detain |
2008 | 2014 | Alain Courteaux |
2014 | 2026 | Gilles Seguin |
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agencourtois or Agencourtoises in French.[5]
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7] |
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:
- Agencourt Fortified House (1643)
[8] with the remains of a moat: the main building from the 17th century, stables from 1643.
Religious heritage
The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:
- The Parish Church of Notre-Dame (12th century).
[9] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)
[10]
- A Monumental Painting: Centaur (16th century)
[11]
- A Consecrational Cross (14th century)
[12]
- A Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (15th century)
[13]
- A Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (16th century)
[14]
- A Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (15th century)
[15]
- A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)
- The Parish Church of the Assumption contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
- A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)
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- A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Agencourt, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112756 Agencourt Fortified House (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112050 Church (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006006 Monumental Painting: Cherubs (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006005 Monumental Painting: Centaur (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006004 Consecrational Cross (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006003 Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006002 Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21006001 Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21000860 Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (in French)
External links
- Agencourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Agencour on the 1750 Cassini Map
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