Baigneux-les-Juifs

Baigneux-les-Juifs
Commune
A general view of Baigneux-les-Juifs
Coat of arms
Location of Baigneux-les-Juifs
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Coordinates: 47°36′03″N 4°39′00″E / 47.6008°N 4.65°E / 47.6008; 4.65
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Châtillon-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Pays Châtillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Robin[1]
Area 1	12.47 km2 (4.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	206
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21043 /21450
Elevation	325–441 m (1,066–1,447 ft) (avg. 404 m or 1,325 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baigneux-les-Juifs (French pronunciation: [bɛɲø le ʒɥif]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Central-Eastern France.

Baigneux-les-Juifs is located some 25 km east by south-east of Montbard and 10 km south-west of Aignay-le-Duc. Access to the commune is by the D 971 road from Saint-Marc-sur-Seine in the north which passes through the commune east of the village and continues south to Chanceaux. The D 21 branches off the D 971 in the commune and goes north-east, passing through the village, and continuing to Jours-lès-Baigneux. The D 954 goes west from the village to Étormay. The D 114^A branches off the D 971 at the D 21 intersection and goes east to Orret. The commune is entirely farmland.^[3]

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Baigneux-les-Juifs has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Baigneux-les-Juifs is 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 978.6 mm (38.53 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.7 °C (65.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C (36.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Baigneux-les-Juifs was 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.9 °C (−12.8 °F) on 16 January 1985.

In the Middle Ages the village was called Bagnos, probably from the Latin Balneolum meaning "small bath". This name was completed after a Jewish community was allowed to settle there in the 13th century. This community was permanently driven out by the Dukes of Burgundy in the 15th century.

From 1895 to 1933 the commune had a narrow gauge railway operated by the Chemins de fer départementaux de la Côte-d'Or (Departmental Railway of Côte-d'Or) (CDCO) which connected the village to Châtillon-sur-Seine.

Blazon: Azure, three bends of Or each charged with a double chain of rings entwined of Sable.

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List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1656	Anthoine Chamereau
1789		Louis Beguin
2001	2014	Bernard Malègue
2014	2020	Michèle Bargeot		Retired teacher
2020	2026	Didier Robin

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bagnosiens in French.^[6]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 512 —     1800 428 −2.53% 1806 460 +1.21% 1821 461 +0.01% 1831 483 +0.47% 1836 431 −2.25% 1841 425 −0.28% 1846 448 +1.06% 1851 428 −0.91% 1856 440 +0.55% 1861 452 +0.54% 1866 465 +0.57% 1872 436 −1.07% 1876 405 −1.83% 1881 407 +0.10% 1886 417 +0.49% 1891 432 +0.71% 1896 444 +0.55%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 420 −1.11% 1906 415 −0.24% 1911 417 +0.10% 1921 346 −1.85% 1926 347 +0.06% 1931 360 +0.74% 1936 348 −0.68% 1946 378 +0.83% 1954 350 −0.96% 1962 347 −0.11% 1968 452 +4.50% 1975 300 −5.69% 1982 261 −1.97% 1990 251 −0.49% 1999 271 +0.86% 2007 260 −0.52% 2012 259 −0.08% 2017 242 −1.35%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• Houses (16th-18th century).^[9] One of the houses contains a Statue of Christ bound (1760) which is registered as an historical object.^[10]
• The Hôtel de la Croix de Fer (Hotel of the Iron Cross) at RN454 (16th century)^[11]
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) (1869)^[12]
• The Town Hall/School (19th century)^[13]

The commune has many religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• Wayside Crosses^[14]
• Monumental Crosses (15th century)^[15]
• A Cemetery Cross (16th century)^[16]
• The Sainte-Anne Oratory south of the village (1810).^[17] The Oratory contains a Group Sculpture of the Education of the Virgin (16th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[18]
• The Ermitage de Val de Seine (1633).^[19] The Ermitrage (Retreat) contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The Tombstone of Jehan le Grant (1478)^[20]
  • A Cross (18th century)^[21]
  • A Statue: Saint Joseph and the child Jesus (17th century)^[22]
  • A Statue: Saint-Madeleine (17th century) (Stolen in 1979)^[23]
  • A Statue: Saint-Sebastien (17th century) (Stolen in 1979)^[24]
  • A Statue: Saint-Laurent (16th century) (Stolen in 1979)^[25]
  • A Statuette: Saint-Antoine the Hermit (15th century) (Stolen in 1979)^[26]
  • A Statue: Christ bound (16th century) (Stolen in 1979)^[27]
  • A recessed Placard (19th century)^[28]
  • A Stoup (17th century)^[29]
  • An Altar painting: the Annunciation (17th century)^[30]
  • An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (17th century)^[31]
• A Presbytery (18th century)^[32]
• The Parish Church of Sainte-Madeleine (13th century)^[33] The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects.^[33]

• Louis Beguin (1747-1831), Mayor of Baigneux-les-Juifs then administrator and MP for Côte-d'Or

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

• Baigneux-les-Juifs on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Baigneux-les-Juifs on the 1750 Cassini Map