Baigneux-les-Juifs

Baigneux-les-Juifs
Coat of arms
Baigneux-les-Juifs
Location within Burgundy region Baigneux-les-Juifs
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Baigneux-les-Juifs
Intercommunality	Pays Châtillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Michèle Bargeot
Area1	12.47 km2 (4.81 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	258
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	21043 / 21450
Elevation	325–441 m (1,066–1,447 ft) (avg. 404 m or 1,325 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.

Baigneux-les-Juifs 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 Bagnosiens or Bagnosiennes.

Geography

Baigneux-les-Juifs is located some 25 km east by south-east of Montbard and 10 km south-west of Aignay-le-Duc. Access to the commune is by the D971 road from Saint-Marc-sur-Seine in the north which passes through the commune east of the village and continues south to Chanceaux. The D21 branches off the D971 in the commune and goes north-east, passing through the village, and continuing to Jours-lès-Baigneux. The D954 goes west from the village to Étormay. The D114A branches off the D971 at the D21 intersection and goes east to Orret. The commune is entirely farmland.

History

The Railway Station before 1904

In the Middle Ages the village was called Bagnos, probably from the Latin Balneolum meaning "small bath". This name was completed after a Jewish community was allowed to settle there in the 13th century. This community was permanently driven out by the Dukes of Burgundy in the 15th century.

From 1895 to 1933 the commune had a narrow gauge railway operated by the Chemins de fer départementaux de la Côte-d'Or (Depoartmental Railway of Côte-d'Or) (CDCO) which connected the village to Châtillon-sur-Seine.

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, three bends of Or each charged with a double chain of rings entwined of Sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1656	Anthoine Chamereau
1789		Louis Beguin
2001	2014	Bernard Malègue
2014	2020	Michèle Bargeot		Retired teacher

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 258 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.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
512	428	460	461	483	431	425	448	428

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
440	452	465	436	405	407	417	432	444

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
420	415	417	346	347	360	348	378	350

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
347	452	300	261	251	271	266	258	-

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

Population of Baigneux-les-Juifs

Culture and heritage

Lavoir exterior

Lavoir interior

Civil heritage

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

• Houses (16th-18th century). One of the houses contains a Statue of Christ bound (1760) which is registered as an historical object.
• The Hôtel de la Croix de Fer (Hotel of the Iron Cross) at RN454 (16th century)
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) (1869)
• The Town Hall/School (19th century)

Religious heritage

The 15th century Monumental Cross

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

• Wayside Crosses
• Monumental Crosses (15th century)
• A Cemetery Cross (16th century)
• The Saint Anne Oratory south of the village (1810). The Oratory contains a Group Sculpture of the Education of the Virgin (16th century) which is registered as an historical object.
• The Ermitage de Val de Seine (1633). The Ermitrage (Retreat) contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The Tombstone of Jehan le Grant (1478)
  • A Cross (18th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Joseph and the child Jesus (17th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Madeleine (17th century) (Stolen in 1979)
  • A Statue: Saint Sebastian (17th century) (Stolen in 1979)
  • A Statue: Saint Laurent (16th century) (Stolen in 1979)
  • A Statuette: Saint Antoine the Hermit (15th century) (Stolen in 1979)
  • A Statue: Christ bound (16th century) (Stolen in 1979)
  • A recessed Placard (19th century)
  • A Stoup (17th century)
  • An Altar painting: the Annunciation (17th century)
  • An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (17th century)
• A Presbytery (18th century)
• The Parish Church of Saint Madeleine (13th century) 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.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Louis Beguin (1747-1831), Mayor of Baigneux-les-Juifs then administrator and MP for Côte-d'Or

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Baigneux-les-Juifs on Lion1906
• Baigneux-les-Juifs on Google Maps
• Baigneux-les-Juifs on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Baigneux-les-Juifs on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Baigneux-les-Juifs on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)