Arconcey

Arconcey
Commune
A street in Arconcey
Coat of arms
Location of Arconcey
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Coordinates: 47°13′10″N 4°27′21″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Arnay-le-Duc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maud Millanvoye
Area 1	15.06 km2 (5.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	221
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21020 /21320
Elevation	375–534 m (1,230–1,752 ft) (avg. 396 m or 1,299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arconcey (French pronunciation: [aʁkɔ̃sɛ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Geography

Arconcey is located some 12 km north of Arnay-le-Duc and some 20 km east by south east of Saulieu. Access to the commune is by the D16 road from Allerey in the south passing through the village and continuing north-east to Thoisy-le-Désert. The D36 also goes from Allerey north through the western part of the commune and continuing to Beurey-Bauguay. The D115A links the village to the D36. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Juilly, Laneau, and Avincey. The commune is mostly farmland with a large forest in the south (Bois des Bates) and small forests scattered through the commune.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Claudette Saulgeot
2008	2020	Pierre Millanvoye
2020	2026	Maud Millanvoye

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arconceyens or Arconceyennes in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 566 —     1800 486 −2.15% 1806 650 +4.97% 1821 599 −0.54% 1831 651 +0.84% 1836 667 +0.49% 1841 646 −0.64% 1846 637 −0.28% 1851 606 −0.99% 1856 577 −0.98% 1861 551 −0.92% 1866 528 −0.85% 1872 509 −0.61% 1876 512 +0.15% 1881 526 +0.54% 1886 515 −0.42% 1891 491 −0.95% 1896 490 −0.04%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 482 −0.33% 1906 497 +0.61% 1911 461 −1.49% 1921 364 −2.33% 1926 381 +0.92% 1931 317 −3.61% 1936 309 −0.51% 1946 327 +0.57% 1954 280 −1.92% 1962 245 −1.66% 1968 260 +1.00% 1975 229 −1.80% 1982 207 −1.43% 1990 193 −0.87% 1999 188 −0.29% 2007 187 −0.07% 2012 216 +2.93% 2017 222 +0.55%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Arconcey War Memorial

Culture and heritage

The Chateau and farm

Civil heritage

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

• A Bridge (1857)
• A Chateau and Farm (19th century)
• A School (19th century)

Religious heritage

The Church of the Assumption

Wayside Cross at Rue du Lavoir

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

• The Parish Church of the Assumption (11th century). The Church contains a very large number of items that are registered as historical objects.
• A Wayside Cross at Rue du Lavoir (19th century)
• A Church (12th century)
• A Wayside Cross at Lanneau (1845)
• A Wayside Cross at Juilly (1789)
• A Wayside Cross at Avincey (1865)
• A Wayside Cross (19th century)
• A Wayside Cross (19th century)

Gallery of Historical Objects in the Church

• 
  The Main Altar
• 
  The Nave
• 
  A Secondary Altar
• 
  A Secondary Altar
• 
  Painting: The Holy Family
• 
  The Baptismal font
• 
  Statue: A Saint
• 
  Statue: Saint John the Baptist
• 
  Statue: Virgin and child
• 
  A Processional Banner
• 
  Stained Glass: The Crucifixion
• 
  Stained Glass: God the Father
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  Stained Glass
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  Stained Glass

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Arconcey on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arconcey on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arconcey on the 1750 Cassini Map