Asnières-en-Montagne

Asnières-en-Montagne
Commune
The chateau of Rochefort
Coat of arms
Location of Asnières-en-Montagne
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Coordinates: 47°43′09″N 4°16′32″E / 47.7192°N 4.2756°E / 47.7192; 4.2756
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Montbard
Intercommunality	CC Montbardois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Carine Petry[1]
Area 1	28.47 km2 (10.99 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	170
• Density	6.0/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21026 /21500
Elevation	203–322 m (666–1,056 ft) (avg. 288 m or 945 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Asnières-en-Montagne (French pronunciation: [ɑnjɛʁ ɑ̃ mɔ̃taɲ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Asnières-en-Montagne is located some 25 km south-east of Tonnerre and 10 km north by north-west of Montbard. The western and northern borders of the commune are the boundaries between the departments of Côte-d'Or and Yonne. Access to the commune is by the D5 road from Montbard in the south passing through the east of the commune and continuing to Laignes in the north-east. Access to the village is by the D119 road from Ravières in the west passing through the village and continuing south-east to join the D5 near the commune border. The D5D also links the D5 at the northern border to the village then continues south-west to join the D905 between Perrigny-sur-Armançon and Nuits. The commune is almost surrounded on all sides by forests which cover about 60% of its area with the central area of the commune farmland.^[3]

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List of Successive Mayors^[4]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asniérois or Asniéroises in French.^[5]

• The Chateau de Rochefort (16th century),^[8] the ruins of the chateau were restored by Les Clefs de Rochefort.^[9] together with the REMPART Union.

Chateau de Rochefort Gallery

Two religious structures are registered as historical monuments. These are:

• Parish Church of Saint Pierre (14th century)^[10]
• Cemetery Cross (16th century)^[11]

The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects. These are:

• Cemetery Cross (17th century)^[12]
• Statue: Christ on the cross (17th century)^[13]
• Statue: Saint Mammès (16th century)^[14]
• Statue: Saint Roch (16th century)^[15]
• Statue: Saint Sebastian (16th century)^[16]
• Statue: Saint Barbe (16th century)^[17]
• Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)^[18]
• Statue: Saint Jean-Baptiste (15th century)^[19]
• Statue: Saint Jean de Réome (15th century)^[20]
• Statue: Saint Pierre (15th century)^[21]
• Statue: Virgin of mercy (15th century)^[22]
• Statue: Virgin of pity (15th century)^[23]
• Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)^[24]

• Guy de Rochefort
• Pierre Clairambault (1651-1740), Genealogist

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

• Asnières-en-Montagne on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Ameres on the 1750 Cassini Map

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