Échalot

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Échalot
Coat of arms of Échalot
Échalot (France)
Échalot
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Montbard
Canton Châtillon-sur-Seine
Community association Pays Châtillonnais
Coordinates 47 ° 37 ′  N , 4 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′  N , 4 ° 50 ′  E
height 370-526 m
surface 27.65 km 2
Residents 95 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 3 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 21510
INSEE code 21237

Échalot is a French municipality with 95 inhabitants (as at 1st January 2017) in the Côte-d'Or department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (before 2016 Burgundy ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Montbard and the commune association Pays Châtillonnais, founded in 2003 . The residents call themselves Échalotais .

geography

Échalot is located on the southwestern edge of the Langres plateau , about 42 kilometers northwest of Dijon at the source of the Brévon , a 31.5 kilometer tributary of the Seine . The Ruisseau de Léry rises in the south of the municipality and flows over the Tille to the Saône . Thus the municipality lies on the European main watershed . The municipal area of ​​27.65 km² is characterized by forests, of which the Forêt de la Fossillière in the west of the municipality alone covers almost 10 km². Ser Forêt Domaniale de Belle-Étoile in the southwest of the municipality is only a little smaller and is characterized by the star-shaped meeting of 17 forest roads at one point. The central village of Échalot , the village of Lochère and other small hamlets and individual farms are located on clearing islands where arable land predominates. Échalot is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Minot in the north, Salives in the east, Léry in the south, Poiseul-la-Grange in the southwest and Étalante in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 187 172 144 133 118 95 103 97
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • La Fossilière and Lochère marshes, nature reserves
  • Église de l'Assomption (Church of the Nativity) from the 14th and 15th centuries with an octagonal tower and remarkable statues from the period between the 15th and 17th centuries
  • Saint-Roch chapel from the 16th century in the Lochère district, converted into a wash house ( Lavoir )
  • Échalot Castle, built between 1835 and 1840 on the site of an old medieval fortress
  • Birthplace of Division General Rossin, built in the 1830s, during the Second World War, hospital, now privately owned
  • Fallen memorial
  • Wayside crosses

  • Church of the Nativity

  • Échalot Castle

  • Wash-house in Lochère, former Saint-Roch chapel

  • Fallen memorial

Economy and Infrastructure

In the southeast, Échalot borders the site of the Valduc military nuclear research facility , which also produces nuclear weapons.

There are eight wind turbines to the west and southwest of the village of Échalot.

In Échalot there are nine agricultural (cultivation of grain, pulses and oilseeds) and two forestry businesses.

The D 19 trunk road from Billy-lès-Chanceaux to Salives runs through Échalot . In Til-Châtel , 25 kilometers south-east, there is a connection to the A 31 autoroute .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Échalot on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Échalot on insee.fr
  3. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie, fr
  4. ↑ Forestry in Échalot

Web links

Commons : Échalot  - collection of images