Bard-lès-Époisses (, literally ''Bard

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Époisses'') is a

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in the

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 Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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

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Geography

Bard-lès-Époisses is located some 14 km south-west of

Montbard Montbard () is a commune and subprefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Montbard is a small industrial town on the river Brenne. The ''Forges de Buffon'', ironworks established by Buffon ...

and 5 km north-east of Époisses. Access to the commune is by the D4 road from Athie in the north-east which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues south-west to Corrombles. The D4H comes from

Corsaint Corsaint () 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 France, communes of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, d ...

in the west and passes through the length of the commune, intersecting the D4 in the village, and continues east to join the D4M south-west of

Jeux-lès-Bard Jeux-lès-Bard (, literally ''Jeux near Bard'') 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 depa ...

. Apart from some forest in the north the commune is almost entirely farmland. The ''Ru d'Acier'' stream flows through the east of the commune from south-west to north-east and continues to join the ''Ruisseau de la Prée'' north-east of

History

For many centuries the commune was called ''Bar''. Bar was an annex of Torcy with its patron Saint Matthew. Attached to the

diocese of Langres The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the ''département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical p ...

, the parish had 3 parts: Bar, Jeux (formerly ''Jox'' and ''Jovum''), and a portion of Corrombles called the Rue de Bar. The parish had 300 communicants. The Lord was the bishop of Langres then the abbot of

Moutiers-Saint-Jean Moutiers-Saint-Jean () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It is named after the monastery of Saint John of Réôme. Population See also *Communes of the Côte-d'Or department The following is a list of the 698 c ...

to whom the church was given in 1141. The Town Hall fief was given to Charles Lanneau de Marey, Knight of Saint Louis. Among the older families there are the Drouhin. P. Drouhin was

Châtelain Châtelain (from la, castellanus, derived from ''castellum''; pertaining to a castle, fortress. Middle English: '' castellan'' from Anglo-Norman: ''castellain'' and Old French: ''castelain'') was originally the French title for the keeper of a c ...

Vieux-Château Vieux-Château () 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 ...

in 1409. Bard-lès-Époisses appears as ''Bard'' on the 1750

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and the same on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive

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Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barrois'' or ''Barroises'' in French.Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or
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Economy

The hill slopes were covered with vines in the early 20th century but the

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and the consequent reduction in population led the remaining farmers to focus their activity on livestock grazing and mixed farming in the plains, leaving the hills area mostly fallow.

Notable people linked to the commune

Étienne Bouhot Étienne Bouhot (8 August 1780 – 17 July 1862) was a French Painting, painter and art teacher. Bouhot was born in Bard-lès-Époisses. He was the director of the ''École de Dessin'' (''School of Drawing'') in Semur-en-Auxois. He died in ...

(8 August 1780 – 17 July 1862), painter, was born in the commune. *Victor de Lanneau (25 December 1758 – 1830), defrocked priest and teacher, was born in the commune.

References

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