Aubigny-lès-Sombernon

Aubigny-lès-Sombernon (French pronunciation: [obiɲi lɛ sɔ̃bɛʁnɔ̃], literally Aubigny near Sombernon) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Aubigny-lès-Sombernon
Commune
A general view of Aubigny-lès-Sombernon
Coat of arms
Location of Aubigny-lès-Sombernon
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Coordinates: 47°18′19″N 4°38′38″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Talant
Intercommunality	CC Ouche Montagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Philippe Montuelle[1]
Area 1	7.93 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	170
• Density	21/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21033 /21540
Elevation	395–551 m (1,296–1,808 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Aubigny-lès-Sombernon is located some 33 km west of Dijon and 12 km north-east of Créancey. Access to the commune is by road D905 (Route de Paris) from Sombernon in the east passing through the commune and the village and continuing north-west to Grosbois-en-Montagne. The A38 autoroute passes through the south of the commune with Exit 27 for Civry-en-Montagne in the south-west of the commune and Exit 27 in the south-east of the commune which accesses the village. The D16L road goes south-west from the village to join the D16 which follows the A38 south-west. The commune has a band of forest from west to east through the middle of the commune south of the village and a smaller band of forest to the north with the rest of the commune farmland.^[3]

The Brenne river flows through the commune and the village from the east and flows west into the Grosbois Reservoir west of the commune. The upper reach of the reservoir extends into the commune. The Ruisseau de Roussot flows from the south-east and joins the Brenne in the east of the commune.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Aubigny-lès-Sombernon

Blazon: Gules, a lion of ermine.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Daniel Hory
2008	2014	Henri Poulet
2014	2020	Valérie Sirugue-Labille
2020	2026	Jean-Philippe Montuelle

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 150 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 267 —     1800 257 −0.54% 1806 259 +0.13% 1821 269 +0.25% 1831 327 +1.97% 1836 327 +0.00% 1841 312 −0.93% 1846 296 −1.05% 1851 287 −0.62% 1856 282 −0.35% 1861 257 −1.84% 1866 271 +1.07% 1872 253 −1.14% 1876 250 −0.30% 1881 229 −1.74% 1886 213 −1.44% 1891 212 −0.09% 1896 195 −1.66%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 197 +0.20% 1906 174 −2.45% 1911 163 −1.30% 1921 134 −1.94% 1926 129 −0.76% 1931 115 −2.27% 1936 117 +0.35% 1946 125 +0.66% 1954 116 −0.93% 1962 109 −0.78% 1968 98 −1.76% 1975 103 +0.71% 1982 129 +3.27% 1990 118 −1.11% 1999 120 +0.19% 2007 125 +0.51% 2012 150 +3.71% 2017 150 +0.00%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Aubigny-lès-Sombernon War Memorial

The Community Hall

Culture and heritage

A street in Aubigny-lès-Sombernon

Civil heritage

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

• A Farmhouse (1) (19th century)^[7]
• A Farmhouse (2) (19th century)^[8]
• A Fortified Chateau (1594)^[9]
• 2 Farmhouses (19th century)^[10]

Religious heritage

The Cemetery Cross

The Church of Saint Paul

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

• A Cemetery Cross (15th century)^[11]
• A Monumental Cross (15th century)^[12]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Paul (14th century)^[13]

The Parish Church of Saint-Paul contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue: Saint Roch (16th century)^[14]
• A Statue: Gabrielle of Rochechouart (16th century)^[15]
• A Reliquary (16th century)^[16]
• An Altar Cross (17th century)^[17]
• A Processional Staff (17th century)^[18]
• A Group Statue: The education of the Virgin (19th century)^[19]
• A Group Statuette: Saint Roch (16th century)^[20]
• A Statuette: Gabrielle of Rochechouart (16th century)^[21]
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (16th century)^[22]
• A Cross: Christ on the Cross (17th century)^[23]
• A Statue: Saint Blaise (16th century)^[24]
• A Statuette: Saint with open book (16th century)^[25]
• The Choir enclosure (19th century)^[26]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department