Auxant

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

Auxant
Commune
The church in Auxant
Location of Auxant
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Coordinates: 47°07′28″N 4°37′31″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Arnay-le-Duc
Intercommunality	CC Pouilly-en-Auxois Bligny-sur-Ouche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Giboulot[1]
Area 1	5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	83
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21036 /21360
Elevation	365–470 m (1,198–1,542 ft) (avg. 395 m or 1,296 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Auxant is located some 20 km north-west of Beaune and 12 km east of Arnay-le-Duc. Access to the commune is by the D 970 road from Sainte-Sabine in the north which passes through the centre of the commune east of the village and continues south-east to Bligny-sur-Ouche. The D 17 road from Antigny-le-Château in the west passes through the south of the commune and joins the D 970 to the south-east. Access to the village is by local roads from the D 970 and from the south. There are large forests in the north-west of the commune (the Forêt d'Auxant and the Bois Fein) with the rest of the commune farmland.^[3]

The Eclin river flows through the commune from north-west to south-east and continues to join the Ouche at Bligny-sur-Ouche. The Ruisseau de Navelan rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Eclin near the village.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

The church dates to 1830, the same year as three Wayside Crosses and a Cemetery Cross.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2026	Jean-Paul Giboulot

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 74 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 433 —     1800 180 −11.79% 1806 137 −4.45% 1821 231 +3.54% 1831 248 +0.71% 1836 235 −1.07% 1841 230 −0.43% 1846 262 +2.64% 1851 263 +0.08% 1856 240 −1.81% 1861 220 −1.73% 1866 218 −0.18% 1872 211 −0.54% 1876 204 −0.84% 1881 193 −1.10% 1886 206 +1.31% 1891 204 −0.19% 1896 180 −2.47%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 170 −1.14% 1906 160 −1.21% 1911 163 +0.37% 1921 153 −0.63% 1926 135 −2.47% 1931 132 −0.45% 1936 109 −3.76% 1946 101 −0.76% 1954 87 −1.85% 1962 84 −0.44% 1968 68 −3.46% 1975 57 −2.49% 1982 54 −0.77% 1990 44 −2.53% 1999 39 −1.33% 2007 59 +5.31% 2012 72 +4.06% 2017 74 +0.55%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department