Ampilly-les-Bordes

Ampilly-les-Bordes (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃piji le bɔʁd]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Ampilly-les-Bordes
Commune
The road into Ampilly-les-Bordes
Location of Ampilly-les-Bordes
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Coordinates: 47°38′01″N 4°37′47″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Châtillon-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Pays Châtillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Luc Babouillard
Area 1	14.48 km2 (5.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	82
• Density	5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21011 /21450
Elevation	350–421 m (1,148–1,381 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Ampilly-les-Bordes is located some 40 km south by south-east of Chatillon-sur-Seine and 25 km east of Montbard. It can be accessed by highway D971 from Saint-Marc-sur-Seine in the north passing through the commune east of the village and continuing south to Chanceaux. The village can be accessed by road D114 running west from the D971 through the village and continuing west to Etormay. The D114P runs east from the D971 to Quemignerot. The D954 runs from Baigneux-les-Juifs in the south through the southern part of the commune to Quemignerot. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Ampilly-le-Haut at the intersection of the D971 and D114. The commune consists entirely of farmland except for a few patches of forest.

A small stream rises in the south of the commune and flows south.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Odette Parent
2008	2026	Luc Babouillard

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ampilliens or Ampilliennes in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 208 —     1800 186 −1.58% 1806 218 +2.68% 1821 226 +0.24% 1831 237 +0.48% 1836 254 +1.40% 1841 234 −1.63% 1846 240 +0.51% 1851 234 −0.51% 1856 225 −0.78% 1861 217 −0.72% 1866 212 −0.47% 1872 211 −0.08% 1876 193 −2.20% 1881 199 +0.61% 1886 215 +1.56% 1891 202 −1.24% 1896 190 −1.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 165 −2.78% 1906 151 −1.76% 1911 150 −0.13% 1921 168 +1.14% 1926 147 −2.64% 1931 177 +3.78% 1936 156 −2.49% 1946 155 −0.06% 1954 166 +0.86% 1962 152 −1.10% 1968 126 −3.08% 1975 115 −1.30% 1982 117 +0.25% 1990 100 −1.94% 1999 90 −1.16% 2007 67 −3.62% 2012 78 +3.09% 2017 84 +1.49%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Ampilly-les-Bordes War Memorial

Ampilly-les-Bordes Landscape

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• A Lavoir (Public laundry) at CR 9 (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at Rue de la Fontaine (17th century)
• A Coaching Inn at RN 71 (19th century)
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Meursauge (19th century)
• A Semi-detached House at La Folie (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at Ampilly-le-Haut (19th century)
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Ampilly-le-Haut (19th century)
• A Farmhouse (1835)
• The Town Hall (18th century)
• Houses and Farms (17th-19th century)

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Wayside Cross at CVO 3 (1680)
• A Wayside Cross at Meursauge (1872)
• The Chapel of Saint-Honoré at Meursauge (15th century). The Chapel contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
  • 2 Altar Candlesticks (19th century)
  • An Altar Cross (19th century)
  • A Statue: Saint John the Baptist (15th century)
• A Wayside Cross at La Folie (1821)
• A Monumental Cross at Ampilly-le-Haut (1875)
• A Monumental Cross (1873)
• A Cemetery Cross (18th century)
• The Tomb of Michel Armand Polycarpe Jacquet (1847)
• The Parish Church of the Assumption (14th century). The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The Furniture in the Church
  • A Pail for holy water (18th century)
  • A Processional Staff (19th century)
  • 2 Reliquaries (18th century)
  • A Ciborium (1798)
  • A Chalice (1789)
  • A Cabinet (19th century)
  • A Bas-relief: God the Father (18th century)
  • 2 Statues: Saint Christine and Saint Honoré (18th century)
  • A Cross: Christ on the Cross (17th century)
  • A Canopy (18th century)
  • A Confessional (19th century)
  • A Pulpit (19th century)
  • 2 Statuettes: Angels (18th century)
  • An Altar and Tabernacle (18th century)

Gallery of Historical Monuments

• 
  The Lavoir (Public laundry) at CR 9
• 
  A Wayside Cross
• 
  The Chapel of Saint-Honoré
• 
  The Monumental Cross at Ampilly-le-Haut
• 
  The Cemetery Cross
• 
  The Tomb of Michel Armand Polycarpe Jacquet
• 
  The Church of the Assumption

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Ampilly-les-Bordes on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Ampilly-les-Bordes on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Ampilly-les-Bordes on the 1750 Cassini Map