Villargoix

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Villargoix
Villargoix (France)
Villargoix
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Montbard
Canton Semur-en-Auxois
Community association Communes de Saulieu
Coordinates 47 ° 18 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 18 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  E
height 351-486 m
surface 17.45 km 2
Residents 143 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 21210
INSEE code 21687

Villargoix is a French municipality with 143 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 (until 2015: canton of Saulieu ).

The inhabitants are called Villargosiens and Villargosienens .

geography

Villargoix is ​​located about 22 kilometers south of Semur-en-Auxois in the Morvan Regional Nature Park on the western edge of the department.

Villargoix is ​​surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

Montlay-en-Auxois
Saulieu Neighboring communities La Motte-Ternant
Thoisy-la-Berchère

Villargoix is ​​located in the catchment area of the river Seine . The Baigne, a tributary of the Serein , crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributaries, the Ruisseau des Cornes, the Ruisseau de Saulieu and the Brazon.

Population development

At the beginning of the 19th century, the population rose to a peak of 710. In the following period, the size of the community decreased with short recovery phases, a trend that continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 246 226 187 171 177 173 171 163 143
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Grégoire

It was built on a granite rock in the 12th century. In contrast to the rest of the building, the Romanesque semicircular apse is not plastered on the outside. The bell tower is made of wood and is covered with slate . It has a side chapel which was reserved for the previous landlords .

Villargoix Castle

The former castle of Villargoix was probably built in the 13th century by the Mineure family. This land was transferred to the Sivry family through a marriage, who had the origins of today's castle built at the foot of the castle at the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century. The property remained in the family until it was sold to a citizen of Saulieu in 1550, but was returned to the Sivry family in 1621 via Antoinette de La Plume, widow of Guy de Sivry. Her grandson Roger de Balathier inherited the castle in 1663 and it remained in the hands of his descendants until the end of the 18th century. In 1788 it belonged to Regnault-César-Louis de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin and Peer of France , Marshal of the Royal Army. In 1869, considerable ruins of a castle and the remains of a Gallo-Roman villa were mentioned. In 1900 the curtain wall on the south side was torn down.

Today the castle is a permanent house with three buildings grouped around an inner courtyard open to the south. A courtyard gate with a drawbridge under a tower on the eastern wing allows access. Three loopholes served to defend this entrance. The inner courtyard is dominated by the two-story northern building. However, the eastern tract is the oldest. It is flanked on its north corner by a stair tower, which is reinforced with three loopholes for cannons, two more loopholes and a wooden weir bay above the stone lintel and consoles above its entrance. The moat that bordered the castle no longer runs on the north side, where a rock break made its width smaller. To the northwest of the castle, the ruins of a round tower can be seen, which was connected to the northwest corner tower via an arch. To the west of the castle, a large forecourt was converted into a farm today, which is surrounded by a wall and provided with a corner tower on the south-west side. The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited.

Economy and Infrastructure

Epoisses cheese in its wooden box

Villargoix is ​​in the AOC des Époisses zone , a cheese made from cow's milk.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 26

traffic

Villargoix can be reached via Routes départementales 26, 117C and 980, the former Route nationale 80 .

The high-speed line LGV Sud-Est from Paris to Lyon crosses the municipality without a stop. The closest train station is Le Creusot TGV station

Web links

Commons : Villargoix  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Côte-d'Or ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. ^ La Baigne ( fr ) SANDRE (Service d'Administration Nationale des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Notice Communale Villargoix ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Villargoix (21687) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ Eglise Saint-Grégoire de Villargoix à Villargoix (21) ( fr ) petit-patrimoine.com. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ Château de Villargoix ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  7. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  8. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Villargoix (21687) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved August 27, 2019.