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

Agencourt
Commune
Agencourt Church
Coat of arms
Location of Agencourt
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Coordinates: 47°07′44″N 4°58′54″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Nuits-Saint-Georges
Intercommunality	Gevrey-Chambertin et Nuits-Saint-Georges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Seguin[1]
Area 1	4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	462
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21001 /21700
Elevation	209–237 m (686–778 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agencourtois or Agencourtoises.[3]

Geography

Agencourt is located some 20 km south of Dijon on the A31 autoroute (E17) with Exit 1 in the commune. The motorway forms the western border of the commune with Nuits-Saint-Georges on the opposite side of the motorway. Access to the commune is on the D8 road (Rue du Village) from west to east from Nuits-Saint-Georges which continues east to Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux. Agencourt town is spread along the Highway D8 and is the only built-up area in the commune which consists entirely of farmland except for the Bois de Charbonniere on the eastern side of the commune.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Blazon: Vairé, of four rows tierced per pale in gules charged with pales of Or and surcharged by a clocheton of two bells of Argent masoned in sable.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt[5]

Population

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

• Agencourt Fortified House (1643)[8] with the remains of a moat: the main building from the 17th century, stables from 1643.

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

• The Parish Church of Notre-Dame (12th century).[9] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)[10]
  • A Monumental Painting: Centaur (16th century)[11]
  • A Consecrational Cross (14th century)[12]
  • A Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (15th century)[13]
  • A Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (16th century)[14]
  • A Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (15th century)[15]
• The Parish Church of the Assumption contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)[16]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

External links

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

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[ru] Ажанкур