Agey

Agey
Coat of arms
Agey
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Agey
Coordinates: 47°17′06″N 4°45′47″E / 47.285°N 4.7631°ECoordinates: 47°17′06″N 4°45′47″E / 47.285°N 4.7631°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Sombernon
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Chatillon
Area^1	8.42 km^2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	268
• Density	32/km^2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	21002 / 21410
Elevation	289–548 m (948–1,798 ft) (avg. 316 m or 1,037 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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ageysiens or Ageysiennes^[1]

Geography

Agey is located some 20 km west of Dijon and 15 km east of Pouilly-en-Auxois. The A38 autoroute passes through the northern edge of the commune from east to west but has no exit. Access to the commune is via the D905 from Sombernon in the west which passes east parallel to and near the A38 continuing to Pont-de-Pany. From the D905 the D9G goes south to the village and continues south to Gissey-sur-Ouche. The D108 comes from Remilly-en-Montagne in the west through the heart of the commune and the village and continues east to Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche. The commune is heavily forested in the south, north-east and to a lesser extent in the east. About 60% of the commune is farmland.^[2]

The Sirene river passes through the commune from west to east following a similar course to the D108 and joins the Ouche river just east of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Geology

"There are stones with fossil starfish preserved in limestone ash. When broken in two it reveals the relief of a part with five well-preserved arms.^[3] There is a type of stone called burgundy marble, composed essentially of oolites of an earthy gray colour with shells from stony corals as well as oolite marble of an earthy yellow with white dots and white lines due to portions of stone embedded with marine palm leaves and entroques"^[4]

History

A street in Agey

According to Courtépée the name comes from Ageya or Agia with the final form of the name being adopted in 1574. The village is located along two Roman roads. The Venus Vitrix was discovered by Dufour in 1924 and excavations were carried out under Mont Rond. A second Roman way was discovered between Châteauneuf and Malain. The discovery of the first Roman road was due to Father Chaume. It went from the Mountain of Veluze northwards towards Prâlon and Malain.

Jean Vivant Micault de Courbeton (10 May 1725 - 17 March 1794), President of the Parliament of Bourgogne, Lord of Agey, Barbirey-sur-Ouche, Fleurey-sur-Ouche, Meilly-sur-Rouvres, Maconge, Pommard, Santenay was executed by guillotine in the French Revolution.

Heraldry

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Azure, a patriarchal cross moline of Argent, in chief Argent charged with three Mounts separated of 3 hillocks Vert.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Agey^[5]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Martin Dufour
2014	2020	Philippe Chatillon

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 268 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
308	360	308	424	441	462	448	449	457

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
427	421	418	409	418	384	366	360	325

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
322	290	265	252	240	208	201	179	155

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
154	162	158	152	208	258	-	268	-

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

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• A Farmhouse (1) (18th century)^[6]
• A House (1) (1774)^[7]
• A Farmhouse (2) (1841)^[8]
• A House (2) (19th century)^[9]
• A Farmhouse (3) (1609)^[10]
• A House (3) (19th century)^[11]
• A Farmhouse (4) (18th century)^[12]
• A House (4) (19th century)^[13]
• A Farmhouse (5) (19th century)^[14]
• A Farmhouse (6) (19th century)^[15]
• A Farmhouse (7) (19th century)^[16]
• A Farmhouse (8) (19th century)^[17]
• The Town Hall (1845)^[18]
• Houses and Farms (17th-19th century)^[19]
• A Chateau (17th century)^[20]

There are three privately owned items in the commune which are registered as historical objects:

• A Group Sculpture: Venus and love (3rd century)^[21]
• A Chimney (18th century)^[22]
• A Statuette: Saint Martha and the Tarasque (16th century)^[23]

The commune once had dry-stone huts called cabottes: their remains are found in old vineyard areas. They have been studied by Henri Dufour.

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Monumental Cross (1869)^[24]
• A Monumental Cross (19th century)^[25]

• 

  Monumental Cross (1869)

• 

  Monumental Cross (1839)

The Church of Saint Martin

• The Parish Church of Saint Martin (19th century).^[26] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Statue: Saint Bernard (16th century)^[27]
  • A Statue: Saint Martin (16th century)^[28]
  • A Painting: the Charity of Saint Martin (19th century)^[29]
  • A Painting: Saint Michel bringing down the demon (17th century)^[30]
  • A Processional Cross (19th century)^[31]
  • A Processional Staff: Donation of the Rosary (17th century)^[32]
  • A Processional Staff: Saint Martin, of brotherhood (19th century)^[33]
  • 7 Stained glass windows (19th century)^[34]
  • A Confessional (18th century)^[35]
  • A Pulpit (19th century)^[36]
  • A Statuette: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (18th century)^[37]
  • A Statuette: Virgin and child (18th century)^[38]
  • 2 Statues: Saint Martin and Saint Bernard (16th century)^[39]
  • An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (2) (19th century)^[40]
  • An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (1) (19th century)^[41]

Notable People linked to the commune

• Judith Jeanne-Agey (1593-1673), Abbess of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Assumption at Prâlon
• Jean-Etienne Guettard (1715-1786), academician, stayed at the castle

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
• French wine
• Cantons of the Côte-d'Or department
• Arrondissements of the Côte-d'Or department

Bibliography

• Collective work, Agey and Environs Gazette, Ed. Agey Town Hall. (French)

External links

• Agey on the old IGN website (French)
• Agey on Lion1906
• Agey on Google Maps
• Agey on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Agey on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Agey on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

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" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (French)
2. Google Maps
3. The Stone came from Molesme and is on view at Agey Castle in the Cabinet of natural curiosities from Madame de Rochechouart in J.E. Guettard's house
4. Observations in France and Germany by Mr Jean-Étienne Guettard, published in History of the Royal Academy of Sciences with mathematical and physics memoirs, Martin, Coignard et Guérin, 1766 (French)
5. List of Mayors of France (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059717 Farmhouse (1) (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059827 House (1) (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059715 Farmhouse (2) (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059828 House (2) (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059718 Farmhouse (3) (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059829 House (3) (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059810 Farmhouse (4) (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059830 House (4) (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059831 Farmhouse (5) (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059832 Farmhouse (6) (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059833 Farmhouse (7) (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059834 Farmhouse (8) (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059826 Town Hall (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059824 Houses and Farms (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059716 Chateau (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21004314 Group Sculpture: Venus and love (French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21004316 Chimney (French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM21004313 Statuette: Saint Martha and the Tarasque (French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059794 Monumental Cross (French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059793 Monumental Cross (French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059714 Parish Church of Saint Martin (French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000002 Statue: Saint Bernard (French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000001 Statue: Saint Martin (French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004312 Painting: the Charity of Saint Martin (French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004311 Painting: Saint Michel bringing down the demon (French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004310 Processional Cross (French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004309 Processional Staff: Donation of the Rosary (French)
33. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004308 Processional Staff: Saint Martin, of brotherhood (French)
34. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004307 7 Stained glass windows (French)
35. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004306 Confessional (French)
36. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004305 Pulpit (French)
37. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004304 Statuette: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (French)
38. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004303 Statuette: Virgin and child (French)
39. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004302 2 Statues: Saint Martin and Saint Bernard (French)
40. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004301 Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (2) (French)
41. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21004300 Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (1) (French)