Baubigny, Côte-d'Or

Baubigny () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Balbiniacois'' or ''Balbiniacoises''.

Geography

Baubigny is located some 12 km south-west of Beaune and 8 km north-east of Chagny. Access to the commune is by the D111D from La Rochepot in the south which goes to the village then continues east to join the D973 on the eastern border of the commune. The D906 passes along the western border and the north of the commune as it goes from Saint-Aubin to Ivry-en-Montagne. The D171 goes north from the village to join the D17 just north-east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Évelle and Orches. The commune is almost all farmland with a few patches of forest.

The ''Ruisseau des Cloux'' flows north-east through the south-eastern corner of the commune and continues to join the Dheune south of Merceuil.

Toponymy

Baubigny appears as ''Baubigny'' on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 202 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

*The medieval village of ''Dracy'', excavated by Jean-Marie Pesez, Françoise Piponnier, and students of the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes (EPHE), has led to numerous publications that have made it a known site for medieval archaeology.

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
*A House at Evelle (16th century)
*A House at Evelle (19th century)
*A House at Evelle (1777)
*A House at Evelle (18th century)
*A Winemaker's House at Rue d'Eschailley Evelle (18th century)
*A House at Goulot de Jalant Orches (17th century)
*A Winemaker's House at Rue du Lavoir Orches (16th century)
*A Fountain at Orches (18th century)
*A Lavoir (Public laundry) (19th century)
*The Fountain au Chêne at Orches (19th century)
*A Winemaker's Manor House at Evelle (18th century)
*A Houses and Farms (15th-19th century)

Religious heritage

The commune has many religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
*A Wayside Cross (north-east) (1815)
*A Wayside Cross (north) (1860)
*A Cemetery Cross (1895)
*A Wayside Cross (north-east of Orches) (19th century)
*A Wayside Cross (north-west) (19th century)
*A Cemetery Cross (1880)
*The Croix du Pèlerin wayside cross (19th century)
*The Chapel Saint-Marc (15th century)
*The Croix de Choux wayside cross (19th century)
*8 Monumental Crosses (19th century)
*The Chapel Saint-Abdon (18th century)
*The Parish Church of Saint Léger (12th century)

The Church and chapels contain a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. In total, including civil heritage, there are over 50 historical objects in the commune.

Notable people linked to the commune

* Théodore Monod (1902-2000), scientific naturalist, explorer, scholar and French humanist. From 1980 to 1999 he came to Baubigny every year. The Foyer Rural was funded by Théodore-Monod. There is also a Théodore-Monod footpath.The Théodore Monod footpath

* Léon Fichot, champion cyclist, was born in Baubigny on 12 October 1906.

See also

* Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

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Communes of Côte-d'Or