Vieux-Château

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Vieux-Château
Vieux-Château (France)
Vieux-Château
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Montbard
Canton Semur-en-Auxois
Community association Communes des Terres d'Auxois
Coordinates 47 ° 28 '  N , 4 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '  N , 4 ° 8'  E
height 230-351 m
surface 6.47 km 2
Residents 85 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 21460
INSEE code 21681
Website www.mairie-vieux-chateau.fr

Vieux-Chateau is a French commune with 85 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Côte-d'Or in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté (before 2016: Burgundy ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Montbard and the canton of Semur-en-Auxois .

The inhabitants are called Véticastriens and Véticastriennes .

The name of the municipality got its name from the former castle, which comes from the Latin vetus castrum ( German  old castle ). The village was already mentioned under this name in 1140 in the archives of the Langres diocese . During the French Revolution , the name too appeared at the epoch of feudalism with its tyranny to remember. That is why the municipality was given the new name Laure-sur-Serein, which was retained in the municipal files until 1813. On May 9, 1813, the name, which had never been adopted in the vernacular, was officially replaced by the former name Vieux-Château.

geography

Vieux-Château is located about 15 kilometers west of Semur-en-Auxois in the Auxois natural region on the western border with the neighboring Yonne department .

Vieux-Château is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Sauvigny-le-Beuréal
(Yonne) 		Toutry Epoisses
Sainte-Magnance
(Yonne) 		Neighboring communities Montberthault
Sincey-lès-Rouvray

Vieux-Château is located in the catchment area of the river Seine . The Serein , a tributary of the Yonne , crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributaries, the Ruisseau du Pontot and the Ruisseau des Bas.

Mine in Sincey

history

According to the decree of July 31, 1887, Eugène Soyez received the concession for mines for the extraction of anthracite in the territory of several communities around Sincey, including in Vieux-Château.

Population development

After the records began, the population rose to a high of around 345 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following years, the size of the community decreased, especially at the beginning of the 20th century. This downward trend continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 131 159 95 98 93 103 100 94 85
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Laurent

It is made entirely of pink granite . Most of the building. the transept , apse , choir and entrance portal date from the 12th century.

Two items of equipment in the church are classified or inscribed as a monument historique of movable property. There are two paintings from the 17th century depicting Mary with the baby Jesus and John the Baptist and the crucifixion of Jesus .

Sainte-Catherine rock

Just a few hundred meters from the last houses in the village, there is a pink granite rock in an area that is otherwise occupied by limestone. It invites you to go climbing. At the top there is a small statue depicting a woman with a child. It refers to the legend, according to which Saint Catherine, on the run from barbarians, threw herself down from the rock and was fatally injured in the process.

Economy and Infrastructure

Epoisses cheese in its wooden box

Vieux-Château is in the AOC des Époisses zone , a cheese made from cow's milk.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 10

traffic

Vieux-Château can be reached via the Route départementale 4C.

The Autoroute A6 , called Autoroute du Soleil , crosses a small part of the municipality, but without a direct exit to the village. The closest exit 23 is about 20 kilometers away and serves the capital of the canton, Semur-en-Auxois.

Web links

Commons : Vieux-Château  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Côte-d'Or ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ La commune de Vieux-Château ( fr ) Commune of Vieux-Château. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ Le Serein ( fr ) SANDRE (Service d'Administration Nationale des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau). Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ Annales des Mines, Vol. 6 ( fr ) Dunod. P. 323, 1867. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  5. ^ Notice Communale Vieux-Château ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Vieux-Château (21681) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  7. ^ Eglise romane St Laurent de Vieux-Château à Vieux-Château (21) ( fr ) petit-patrimoine.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  8. ^ Tableau: Vierge à l'Enfant avec saint Jean-Baptiste ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 22, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ tableau: la Crucifixion ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 23, 1992. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  10. ^ Les Roches Sainte Catherine ( fr ) Commune of Vieux-Château. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  11. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  12. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Vieux-Château (21681) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved August 28, 2019.