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Barjon () is a commune in the
List of Successive
The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
*A Statue: Saint John the Evangelist (17th century)
*A Statue: Saint Madeleine (16th century)
*A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (17th century)
*The Sarcophagus of Saint Frodulphe (8th century)
*A Statue: Saint Benigne (15th century)
*A Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (17th century)
*A Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (17th century)
*A Statue: Saint Roch (17th century)
*A Statue: Saint Frodulphe (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
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 region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barjonais''.
Geography
Barjon is located on the southern flank of Mont Mercure (469 m) at an altitude of 397 metres at the town hall. It is some 40 km south-west of Langres and 40 km north by north-west of Dijon. Access to the commune is by the D19 road fromSalives
Salives () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes cooperat ...
in the west which passes through the village and continues east to Avot. The D19E goes north from the village to join the D190 on the northern border of the commune.
The commune is forested in the southern arm with the centre of the commune farmland and a band of forest around its borders.
''La Tille'' stream forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows east across the "neck" of the commune then forms part of the eastern border before continuing east to join ''La Creuse'' at Avot. ''La Tille de Barjon'' rises just east of the commune and flows south near the eastern border to join La Tille. ''Le Volgrain'' stream rises north-west of the commune and flows south down the western side of the commune and joins La Tille just south-west of the village.
History
After the raids by theSaracens
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on Autun and the sacking of the village by Anbasa ibn Suhaym Al-Kalbi on 22 August 725, Saint Frodulphe de Barjon, the Abbot of Saint Martin, retired as a hermit to Barjon.
Barjon appears as ''Barjon'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Ca ...
and the same on the 1790 version.
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
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Demography
In 2017 the commune had 41 inhabitants.Culture and heritage
Religious heritage
The commune has a Cemetery Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical monument.
The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
*A Statue: Saint John the Evangelist (17th century)
*A Statue: Saint Madeleine (16th century)
*A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (17th century)
*The Sarcophagus of Saint Frodulphe (8th century)
*A Statue: Saint Benigne (15th century)
*A Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (17th century)
*A Shrine to Saint Frodulphe (17th century)
*A Statue: Saint Roch (17th century)
*A Statue: Saint Frodulphe (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
See also
* Communes of the Côte-d'Or departmentReferences
{{authority control Communes of Côte-d'Or