Dampierre-en-Montagne

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Dampierre-en-Montagne
Dampierre-en-Montagne (France)
Dampierre-en-Montagne
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Montbard
Canton Semur-en-Auxois
Community association Terres d'Auxois
Coordinates 47 ° 26 '  N , 4 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '  N , 4 ° 34'  E
height 381-502 m
surface 10.36 km 2
Residents 73 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 21350
INSEE code 21224

Mairie Dampierre-en-Montagne

Dampierre-en-Montagne is a French commune with a population of 73 (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 to the Terres d'Auxois community association founded in 2016 .

geography

Dampierre-en-Montagne is located in the Auxois countryside , about 42 kilometers northwest of Dijon at the source of the Ruisseau du Val Sambon , a tributary of the Ozerain in the Yonne basin . The municipal area of ​​10.36 km² encloses a high plateau at 450 to 500 m above sea level, which separates the river valleys of Ozerain and Brenne . Arable land predominates on the plateau, while the Chênuet forest extends to the north . Dampierre-en-Montagne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Jailly-les-Moulins in the northeast, Villeberny in the east, Vitteaux in the south, Posanges in the southwest, Arnay-sous-Vitteaux in the west and Villeferry and La Roche-Vanneau in the northwest.

Place name

The names Dompierre and Dampierre indicate places with a Peterskirche (Saint-Pierre). With the addition of -en-Montagne one could translate the community name as St. Peter in the mountains . The place name appears for the first time in 1397 as Dompierre desur Viteaul . The name developed via Domperre (1449), Dampierre (1547), Demperre (1562) for the first time to Dampierre-en-Montagne (1574). After the spelling of Dampierre-lès-Vitteaux in 1757 and Dompierre-en-Montagne in 1783 , the Dampierre-en-Montagne form, which is still in use today, remained from 1801 .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 72 71 68 66 56 68 72 76
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church
  • two lavoirs
  • multiple enclosed sources
  • Croix des Vignes, monumental cross
  • Fallen memorial

  • Saint-Pierre church

  • Fallen memorial

Economy and Infrastructure

Nine farms are located in Dampierre-en-Montagne (grain cultivation, cattle breeding).

The D117 road runs through Dampierre-en-Montagne from Posanges to Boux-sous-Salmaise . In Sombernon , 18 kilometers south-east, there is a connection to the Autoroute A 38 to Dijon .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Place name JSTOR 23400429
  2. ↑ place name on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Dampierre-en-Montagne on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Dampierre-en-Montagne on insee.fr
  5. ↑ farms on annuaire-mairie.fr

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