Ménessaire

Ménessaire (French pronunciation: [men(ə)sɛʁ]; Burgundian: Meunsiâre) is a rural commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France.

Ménessaire
Commune
The Château de Ménessaire, a monument historique
Location of Ménessaire
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Coordinates: 47°08′09″N 4°08′55″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Arnay-le-Duc
Intercommunality	CC du Pays d'Arnay Liernais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadine Rateau[1]
Area 1	14.91 km2 (5.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	79
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21403 /21430
Elevation	393–721 m (1,289–2,365 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

A Côte-d'Or exclave on the border between the Nièvre and Saône-et-Loire departments,^[3] Ménessaire is part of Morvan Regional Natural Park. It comprises the Mont de Gien, the highest point in Côte-d'Or, at 721 metres.

History

On 25 May 1944 at the end of World War II, amid the Liberation of France, Ménessaire was one of the communes in the Morvan attacked by the German occupying forces because several of its inhabitants supported the French Resistance.^[4] The Duc family had sheltered a number of Maquisards, an act for which their farm was burnt down by the Germans, after the Maquisards had fled.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	131	—
1975	136	+0.54%
1982	119	−1.89%
1990	96	−2.65%
1999	88	−0.96%
2009	68	−2.55%
2014	81	+3.56%
2020	86	+1.00%
Source: INSEE[6]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
• Morvan Regional Natural Park