Agencourt () is a
commune
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in the
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.[department
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in the
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
region of eastern
France
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Agencourtois'' or ''Agencourtoises''.
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
Nuits-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the arrondissement of Beaune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It lies in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Wine
Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the Côte de Nuits wine-produci ...
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.
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Neighbouring communes and villages
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt
Population
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:
*Agencourt Fortified House (1643) 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). The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
**A Monumental Painting: Cherub
A cherub (; plural cherubim; he, כְּרוּב ''kərūḇ'', pl. ''kərūḇīm'', likely borrowed from a derived form of akk, 𒅗𒊏𒁍 ''karabu'' "to bless" such as ''karibu'', "one who blesses", a name for the lamassu) is one of the u ...
s (17th century)
**A Monumental Painting: Centaur
A centaur ( ; grc, κένταυρος, kéntauros; ), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.
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(16th century)
**A Consecrational Cross (14th century)
**A Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (15th century)
**A Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (16th century)
**A Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (15th century)
*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)[Ministry of Culture, Palissy ]
See also
* Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 Communes of France, communes of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
External links
Agencourt on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Agencour'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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Communes of Côte-d'Or