Bagneux-la-Fosse

Bagneux-la-Fosse is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

Bagneux-la-Fosse
Commune
The Church
Location of Bagneux-la-Fosse
Bagneux-la-Fosse
Bagneux-la-Fosse
Coordinates: 47°59′36″N 4°17′55″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentAube
ArrondissementTroyes
CantonLes Riceys
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Éric Glorieux
Area
1
22.93 km2 (8.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
168
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
10025 /10340
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 Bagnolais or Bagnolaises.[2]

Geography

Bagneux-la-Fosse is located some 40 km east of Saint-Florentin and 15 km south-west of Bar-sur-Seine. Access to the commune is by the D32 road from Avirey-Lingey in the north which passes through the village before continuing south to join the D452 which continues to Channes. The D17 goes west from the village the north-west to Pargues. The D26 branches off the D32 north-east of the village and goes north-east to Neuville-sur-Seine. There is a large forest in the north-west of the commune and a smaller forest in the south-east with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]

The Sarce river flows through the commune from south to north just east of the village and continues north to join the Seine at Virey-sous-Bar.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
1857Merey
20012008Marie-Paule Dupin
20082020Francis Carre
20202026Éric Glorieux

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 168 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 695—    
1800 719+0.49%
1806 727+0.18%
1821 798+0.62%
1831 788−0.13%
1836 764−0.62%
1841 756−0.21%
1846 760+0.11%
1851 743−0.45%
1856 685−1.61%
1861 691+0.17%
1866 668−0.67%
1872 673+0.12%
1876 587−3.36%
1881 577−0.34%
1886 579+0.07%
1891 546−1.17%
1896 515−1.16%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 507−0.31%
1906 476−1.25%
1911 470−0.25%
1921 380−2.10%
1926 361−1.02%
1931 325−2.08%
1936 351+1.55%
1946 343−0.23%
1954 313−1.14%
1962 274−1.65%
1968 241−2.12%
1975 283+2.32%
1982 239−2.39%
1990 217−1.20%
1999 199−0.96%
2007 180−1.25%
2012 172−0.91%
2017 168−0.47%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Sites and monuments

The Church (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.[8] The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Pulpit (18th century)[9]
  • A Tombstone (17th century)[10]
  • The Tombstone of François Merey (18th century)[11]
  • The Tombstone of Marie Viviane Leclerc (18th century)[12]
  • The Tombstone of Nicolas Babeau (1696)[13]
  • The lateral Altars (19th century)[14]
  • 2 Reliquaries (19th century)[15]
  • A Monstrance (19th century)[16]
  • A Processional Banner: Saint Valentine (19th century)[17]
  • A Chasuble (19th century)[18]
  • A Painting: Way of the Cross (19th century)[19]
  • A Commemorative Plaque (1533)[20]
  • An Eagle Lectern (19th century)[21]
  • A Statuette on a Processional Staff: Virgin and child (disappeared) (18th century)[22]
  • The Furniture in the Church[23]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Aube (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bagneux-la-Fosse, EHESS. (in French)
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078025 Church (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000116 Pulpit (in French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003728 Tombstone (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003727 Tombstone of François Merey (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003726 Tombstone of Marie Viviane Leclerc (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003725 Tombstone of Nicolas Babeau (in French)
  14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003724 Lateral Altars (in French)
  15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003723 2 Reliquaries (in French)
  16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003722 Monstrance (in French)
  17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003721 Processional Banner: Saint Valentine (in French)
  18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003720 Chasuble (in French)
  19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003719 Painting: Way of the Cross (in French)
  20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003378 Commemorative Plaque (in French)
  21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003377 Eagle Lectern (in French)
  22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003376 Statuette on a Processional Staff: Virgin and child (in French)
  23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003773 Furniture in the Church (in French)
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