Longchamp (Cote-d'Or)

Longchamp
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Genlis
Community association	Plaine Dijonnaise
Coordinates	47 ° 16 ' N , 5 ° 17' E Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ' N , 5 ° 17' E
height	197-241 m
surface	16.23 km 2
Residents	1,168 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	72 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	21110
INSEE code	21351
	; Assumption Church in Longchamp

Longchamp is a French commune with 1,168 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and in the Côte-d'Or department .

geography

At a distance of 23 km, Longchamp is roughly halfway between the Burgundian capital Dijon and the city of Dole , the gateway to the Jura Mountains. Auxonne is about 14 km southeast . The place is crossed by the river Arnison , a 17.7 km long tributary of the Saône . Longchamp is part of the canton of Genlis . The neighboring municipalities are Labergement-Foigney, Premières, Chambeire, Tellecey and Magny-Montarlot. The inhabitants are called Longchampois .

history

The history of the Longchamp community goes back to the time of the Great Migration . A chronicle of the 11th century, which is kept in the city library of Dijon, dates the first mention under the name "Longus Campus" in the year 538. Documents from the year 1243 attest to the name "Long Champ", which from 1680 in "Lonchant" is transformed. The current name Longchamp has been used since 1783. In the 13th century, Longchamp was still completely owned by the Counts of Neufchâtel. Around the year 1386 the monks of the Chartreuse de Champmol received about half of the property to equip the abbey. This division ended in 1670 and since then they have been the sole masters of the place. In the period that followed, the Charterhouse owned the castle, the monks had jurisdiction and levied the tithe . This only ends in 1789, the year of the French Revolution. The place comes to the Canton of Genlis in 1801 . In the 19th century, many properties and public buildings were renovated, including the village church. The public water supply in Longchamp has existed since 1946, gas from 1957 and a sewerage system since 1977.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	693	729	719	854	1000	949	1130	1182
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Cultural heritage

The castle of the monks of the Chartreuse from the 14th century is worth seeing. Longchamp also has an old chapel from the 18th century and a newer church from 1830, renovated in 1841 and a fountain that is classified as a monument historique .

Economy and Infrastructure

The economic boom of the village began with the opening of the "Poteries de Bourgogne" in 1867, which in 1912 developed into the "Faïencerie de Longchamp". The earthenware factory had almost 300 workers in the early 1980s. After the factory was taken over by Villeroy & Boch a few years ago, only 25 people work there today. Even today, the vocational school for ceramics, Lycée des métiers de la Céramique "Henry Moisand" reminds of the importance for the economy of the place.

Town twinning

Mainz-Laubenheim , Germany, since 1966

Web links

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