Barges, Côte-d'Or


Barges is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bargeois or Bargeoises.

Geography

Barges is located some 12 km due south of Dijon. Access to the commune is by the D996 road from Saulon-la-Rue in the north which passes down the eastern side of the commune and continues south-east to Noiron-sous-Gevrey. Access to the village is by the D109 from Épernay-sous-Gevrey in the south which enters the commune in the west and continues north-east through the village and continues east as the D31 to Bretenière. Apart from a significant-sized urban area around the village the commune is entirely farmland.
The Chairon river rises near the village and flows south-east to join the Sans Fond at Beau-Vallon.

History

Barges appears as Berge dit Barge on the 1750 Cassini Map and as Barge on the 1790 version.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
20012014Pierre Coquillet
20142020André Daller

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 461 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.

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