Barbirey-sur-Ouche

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

(2020–2026) Valérie Paupert^[1]Area10.76 km² (4.15 sq mi)Population225 • Density21/km² (54/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation298–589 m (978–1,932 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barbirey-sur-Ouche (French pronunciation: [baʁbiʁɛ syʁ uʃ], literally Barbirey on Ouche) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.^[3]

Geography

Barbirey-sur-Ouche is located some 25 km south-west of Dijon and 11 km east of Créancey. Access to the commune is by the D33 road from Gissey-sur-Ouche in the north-east which passes through the village and continues south to Saint-Victor-sur-Ouche. The D114 goes west from the village then north-west to Grenant-lès-Sombernon. The commune is heavily forested on the hillsides to the north and south with farmland in the valley.^[4][5]

The Ouche river passes through the commune just east of the village flowing from south to north to eventually join the Saône just east of Saint-Jean-de-Losne. The Ruisseau de la Gironde flows from the west down the valley to join the Ouche near the village. The Canal de Bourgogne (Burgundy Canal) also passes through the commune parallel to the Ouche on the eastern side. There are two locks in the commune - the Écluse de Dainevy to the south and another lock further north.^[4]

History

On 17 March 1794 Jean Vivant Micault de Corbeton (10 May 1725 - 17 March 1794), Chairman of the Parliament of Burgundy in Dijon before the French Revolution, Lord of Agey, Meilly-sur-Rouvres, Rouvres-sous-Meilly, Saligny, Liernolles, Maconge, Barbirey-sur-Ouche, Santenay, Pommard, and other places, last Marquis of Joncy, and husband of Marie Françoise Trudaine, was beheaded in the Place du Morimont (now the Place Emile Zola) in Dijon.

Barbirey-sur-Ouche appears as Barbirey fur Ouche on the 1750 Cassini Map^[6] and the same on the 1790 version.^[7]

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, a bend vivré of Or debruised by a label of 5 points of Gules at honour point.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors^[8]

From	To	Name
1944	1981	Maurice Coquet
1981	1995	Jean-Paul Coquet
1995	2008	Michel Guichard
2008	2014	Jean-Claude Hayme
2014	2020	Robert Bott
2020	2026	Valérie Paupert

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbirotins or Barbirotines in French.^[9]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 327 —     1800 158 −9.87% 1806 186 +2.76% 1821 358 +4.46% 1831 373 +0.41% 1836 393 +1.05% 1841 389 −0.20% 1846 459 +3.36% 1851 459 +0.00% 1856 436 −1.02% 1861 387 −2.36% 1866 429 +2.08% 1872 393 −1.45% 1876 385 −0.51% 1881 352 −1.78% 1886 323 −1.70% 1891 362 +2.31% 1896 343 −1.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 339 −0.23% 1906 315 −1.46% 1911 287 −1.84% 1921 260 −0.98% 1926 214 −3.82% 1931 203 −1.05% 1936 169 −3.60% 1946 149 −1.25% 1954 157 +0.66% 1962 137 −1.69% 1968 124 −1.65% 1975 108 −1.95% 1982 140 +3.78% 1990 177 +2.97% 1999 224 +2.65% 2007 273 +2.50% 2012 245 −2.14% 2017 216 −2.49%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Vineyard (19th century)^[12]
• Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)^[13]
• A Chateau (16th century)^[14]
• The Chateau Grounds (17th century)^[15]
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Jaugey (1836).^[16] The Lavoir contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Bronze Bell (1515)^[17]
  • The Furniture in the Lavoir^[18]
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) (1863)^[19]
• A School (19th century)^[20]

Other sites of interest

• A Tumulus and cave at Roche-Chèvre

Barbirey-sur-Ouche Picture Gallery

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  The Tumulus
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  The cave at Roche Chèvre
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  Entry to the Chateau
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  The Chateau
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  The Dovecote at the Chateau
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  The entry to the bread oven
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  The bread oven at the Chateau
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  Plaque commemorating Charles de Foucauld
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  A lock on the Canal de Bourgogne in Barbirey-sur-Ouche

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Parish Church of Saint Martin (12th century).^[21] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Bronze Bell (1521)^[22]
  • Statues (16th-19th century)^[23]
  • The Furniture in the Church^[24]
  • A Half-relief: Adoration of the Shepherds (18th century)^[25]
  • A Retable (18th century)^[26]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References