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 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
The A31 autoroute, also known as ''l'Autoroute de Lorraine-Bourgogne'', is a French motorway. The road runs from the Franco-Luxembourg border to Beaune where it joins the A6. The northern part of the autoroute is free, as far as the town of To ...
(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.Google Maps /ref>
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 ...
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.
Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as bein ...
(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