Ampilly-le-Sec

Ampilly-le-Sec
The Village Church
Coat of arms
Ampilly-le-Sec
Location within Burgundy region Ampilly-le-Sec
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Châtillon-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Pays Châtillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	René Regnault
Area1	24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	362
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	21012 / 21400
Elevation	231–314 m (758–1,030 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ampilly-le-Sec is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ampilliaciens or Ampilliaciennes alternatively Ampellois or Ampelloises

Geography

Ampilly-le-Sec is located some 5 km south by south-west of Chatillon-sur-Seine and 15 km east by south-east of Laignes. It can be accessed by the D980 highway from Chatillon-sur-Seine which passes through the village and continues south to Coulmier-le-Sec. The D971 from Buncey to Chamesson also passes through the eastern edge of the commune. From the D971 the D29A goes west through the village then continues to the south-west. The western third of the commune is heavily forested with the rest being entirely farmland.

The Seine River passes through the east of the commune parallel to the D971 flowing from south to north.

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, two stag's heads caboshed of Or posed in pale, in chief argent charged with three millwheels of gules.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	René Regnault

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 362 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
476	517	536	536	525	645	664	603	590

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
626	548	605	577	553	570	560	505	449

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
468	416	416	365	337	413	372	356	386

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
353	333	360	384	424	377	-	362	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Population of Ampilly-le-Sec

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• A Blast Furnace (1829)
• A House at Rue de Coulmier (19th century)
• A House at Rue de la Maison Commune (19th century)
• The Town Hall/School at Rue de la Maison Commune (19th century)
• An old Ironworks (1833)
• Houses (19th century)

Religious heritage

The front of the Church

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

• A Wayside Cross at CR 12 (18th century)
• A Tomb at CR 25 (19th century)
• A Cemetery Cross at CR 25 (19th century)
• A Cemetery Chapel at CR 25 (19th century)
• A Wayside Cross at CR 8 (18th century)
• A Wayside Cross at CVO2 and CR32 crossroads (1840)
• A Wayside Cross at Rue de Chamesson and CR13 crossroads (1811)
• A Cemetery at Rue de l'Église (19th century)
• The Parish Church of Saint Peter and Paul at Rue de l'Église (1827). The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. For a complete list with links to descriptions (in French) click here.
• A Wayside Cross at RD 29a (1877)
• A Wayside Cross at RD29a and CR 25 crossroads (1762)
• A Wayside Cross at RN 71 and former Chemin de Chamesson crossroads at Vanvey (1861)
• A Wayside Cross at Grande Rue and Rue de la Croix de Mission crossroads (19th century)
• A Monumental Cross (1638)
• A Wayside Cross at Ferme de la Forêt (1783)
• A Wayside Cross at Ferme de la Forfol (18th century)

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Ampilly-le-Sec on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Ampilly-le-Sec on Lion1906
• Ampilly-le-Sec on Google Maps
• Ampilly-le-Sec on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Ampilly on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Ampilly-le-Sec on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)