Avelanges

Avelanges
Avelanges
Commune
	The road into Avelanges
	Coat of arms
	Location of Avelanges
	Avelanges Avelanges
	Coordinates: 47°35′11″N 5°01′34″E / 47.5864°N 5.0261°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Is-sur-Tille
Intercommunality	CC Vallées Tille Ignon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Rebérol
Area 1	6.08 km2 (2.35 sq mi)
Population (2022)	35
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21039 /21120
Elevation	348–467 m (1,142–1,532 ft) ; (avg. 370 m or 1,210 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Avelanges is located some 45 km north of Dijon and 35 km east by south-east of Aignay-le-Duc. Access to the commune is by the D120 road which branches from the D112 south of Avot in the north and passes through the commune and village before continuing south-west to Marey-sur-Tille. The commune has extensive forests mixed with smaller areas of farmland.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

The name was Arclenglis or Avelengiis in 1028, Avallangiae in 1244, and Avelanges in 1793.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2020	Jean Michel Moyemont
2020	2026	Sylvain Rebérol

Demography

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	128	—
1800	109	−2.27%
1806	121	+1.76%
1821	121	+0.00%
1831	118	−0.25%
1836	119	+0.17%
1841	124	+0.83%
1846	115	−1.50%
1851	114	−0.17%
1856	104	−1.82%
1861	104	+0.00%
1866	82	−4.64%
1872	82	+0.00%
1876	73	−2.86%
1881	71	−0.55%
1886	71	+0.00%
1891	77	+1.64%
1896	81	+1.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	70	−2.88%
1906	66	−1.17%
1911	63	−0.93%
1921	55	−1.35%
1926	43	−4.80%
1931	52	+3.87%
1936	47	−2.00%
1946	54	+1.40%
1954	41	−3.38%
1962	47	+1.72%
1968	41	−2.25%
1975	43	+0.68%
1982	42	−0.34%
1990	41	−0.30%
1999	46	+1.29%
2007	44	−0.55%
2012	37	−3.41%
2017	35	−1.11%

Source: EHESS^[6] and INSEE^[7]

Avelanges Picture Gallery

Avelanges School
Avelanges Lavoir (Public Laundry)
Avelanges Church
A Water Trough in Avalanges

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
^ Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avelanges, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Avelanges on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Avelanges on the 1750 Cassini Map

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[5] Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr

[ehess-6] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avelanges, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-7] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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