Pagny-le-Château

Pagny-le-Château
Pagny-le-Château
Commune
	The church in Pagny-le-Château
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pagny-le-Château
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	Coordinates: 47°02′54″N 5°11′41″E / 47.0482°N 5.1946°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Brazey-en-Plaine
Intercommunality	Rives de Saône
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Alain Becquart
Area 1	24.23 km2 (9.36 sq mi)
Population (2021)	493
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21475 /21250
Elevation	177–193 m (581–633 ft) ; (avg. 183 m or 600 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pagny-le-Château (French pronunciation: [paɲi l(ə) ʃɑto]) is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The village is situated between Seurre and Saint-Jean-de-Losne, in the "Val de Saône" on the RD 976.^[3]

History

Over the centuries, the village has had several names. The first one was Pancium. Afterwards, it was called Paygnay-le-Château, then Pagny-la-Brûlée. Even though the fortified castles were destroyed the village is now called Pagny-le-Château.

Château

Although the château was destroyed in 1768, there remains its Renaissance chapel dated 1536. It contains the tomb of Jean de Vienne (died 1455) and that of Jean de Longwy (died 1460) and Jeanne de Vienne (died 1472), with alabaster effigies.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	428	—
1975	335	−3.44%
1982	343	+0.34%
1990	477	+4.21%
1999	491	+0.32%
2009	500	+0.18%
2014	505	+0.20%
2020	500	−0.17%
Source: INSEE^[5]

The inhabitants are called Pagnitains in French.

Administration

List of mayors
Term	Name	Party	Profession
1965 - 1971	Robert Marchand	-	Courier
1971 - 1989	Jacques Grenot	-	Farmer
1989 - 2020	Jacques Chossat de Montburon	UMP-LR	Retiree
2020 - 2022	Hubert Moindrot	-	Retiree
2022 -	Alain Becquart	-

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ The departmental road #976
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Côte-d'Or" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 249.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Photos gallery

Pagny-le-Château : view of the castel.
Pagny-le-Château : way to Franxault
Pagny-le-Château : way to Franxault
Pagny-le-Château : communal house
Pagny-le-Château : view of the castel
Pagny-le-Château : crossroad between the road to Franxault and the road to Montagny-lès-Seurre
Pagny-le-Château : technoport
Pagny-le-Château : War Memorial (1914-1918 and 1939-1945)