Barges, Côte-d'Or

Barges
The Parish Church of the Assumption
Location of Barges
Barges
Barges
Coordinates: 47°12′48″N 5°03′43″E / 47.2133°N 5.0619°E / 47.2133; 5.0619
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementBeaune
CantonNuits-Saint-Georges
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) André Daller[1]
Area
1
3.85 km2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
652
 • Density169/km2 (439/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21048 /21910
Elevation203–227 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.

Barges (French pronunciation: [baʁʒ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[3]

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.[4][5]

The Chairon river rises near the village and flows south-east to join the Sans Fond at Beau-Vallon.[4]

History

Barges appears as Berge dit Barge (Berge known as Barge) on the 1750 Cassini Map[6] and as Barge on the 1790 version.[7]

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[8]

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.[9]

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.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ a b c Barges on Google Maps
  5. ^ Barges on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  6. ^ Berge dit Barge on the 1750 Cassini Map
  7. ^ Barge on the 1790 Cassini Map
  8. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  9. ^ Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
  10. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barges, EHESS (in French).
  11. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000171 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (in French)