Auxey-Duresses

Auxey-Duresses is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Auxey-Duresses
Commune
A general view of Auxey-Duresses
Coat of arms
Location of Auxey-Duresses
Auxey-Duresses
Auxey-Duresses
Coordinates: 46°59′15″N 4°44′56″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementBeaune
CantonLadoix-Serrigny
IntercommunalityCA Beaune Côte Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Bernard Battault
Area
1
11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
304
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21037 /21190
Elevation245–482 m (804–1,581 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alcéens or Alcéennes.[2]

Geography

Auxey-Duresses is a wine-growing commune some 10 km south-west of Beaune and 11 km north of Chagny. Access to the commune is by the D973 road from Pommard in the north-east which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues south-west to La Rochepot. The D17E comes from Saint-Romain in the west and passes through the village continuing east to Meursault. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Melin in the south-west and Petit-Auxey west of the village. The north and south of the commune are rugged and heavily forested with the valley in the centre and west farmland.[3]

The Ruisseau des Cloux flows from the south-west through the centre of the commune from west to east where it continues to join the River Dheune near Merceuil.[3]

History

The Auxey valley was one of the first places where grapevines were planted in Burgundy during the 2nd century BC. when Auxey-le-Petit, which was dependent on Auxey-Duresses, was a high place of Druid worship. On Mount Mélian the remains of a large prehistoric enclosure can be found which was at that time occupied by the Gauls and the Romans. During the Gallo-Roman period the town grew and became known by the Latin name Alcius.

After the barbarian invasions of the 5th century AD the commune reached new heights thanks to the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Symphorien at Autun who built a church at Auxey-le-Petit in 696. It was rebuilt in the 10th century by monks from the Cluny Abbey and it had a large vineyard in the village. The bell tower and the gate are Romanesque and date from the 12th century. These monks also left the "Moines Mill". At that time there were many mills in the valley and the hamlet of Melin, another dependency of the commune, inherited the name.

At the site of the medieval castle there is now the Church of Saint-Martin-Duresses Auxey whose steeple is made from Tuff. Inside there are some paintings, including a triptych relating the life of Mary.[4] The present chateau belonged to the Marquis de MacMahon, one of whose descendants became Marshal of France and Duke of Magenta.

Heraldry
Arms of Auxey-Duresses
 Blazon:

Party per pale of Or and Gules, over all a chevron inverted of Vert debruised by a billhook Argent handled in Sable in pale.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1934
FromToName
17901791René Latour
17911811Claude Delaplanche
18001802Pierre Rouiller
18111816Claude Fleurot
18161818Brunet de la Serve
18191821Flis Humbert
18211830Brunet de la Serve
18311832Mercier
18321834Pierre Fleurot Marot
18341837Louis Garnier
18371840Pierre Roullier
18401844Philbert Garnier Boillot
18441847Claude Fleurot Battault
18471852Claude Delaplanche Titard
18521854Claude Fleurot Battault
18541865Claude Delaplanche Titard
18651870Rolland Meuriot
18701871Hippolyte Veau
18711892Claude Fleuront Malaquin
18921903Jean-Baptiste Garnier Veau
19031919Claude Matin Battault
19191934Armand Veau
Mayors from 1934
FromToNamePartyPosition
19341945François Lafouge
19451977Robert Creusefond
19771995Jean Lafouge
19952008Dominique Boire
20082014Agnès Diconne
20142020Bernard Battault

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 304 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 684—    
1800 733+0.99%
1806 776+0.95%
1821 856+0.66%
1831 877+0.24%
1836 915+0.85%
1841 879−0.80%
1846 834−1.05%
1851 823−0.27%
1856 801−0.54%
1861 780−0.53%
1866 810+0.76%
1872 801−0.19%
1876 789−0.38%
1881 742−1.22%
1886 768+0.69%
1891 680−2.40%
1896 645−1.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 649+0.12%
1906 659+0.31%
1911 526−4.41%
1921 421−2.20%
1926 431+0.47%
1931 413−0.85%
1936 415+0.10%
1946 365−1.28%
1954 374+0.30%
1962 398+0.78%
1968 407+0.37%
1975 329−2.99%
1982 345+0.68%
1990 351+0.22%
1999 367+0.50%
2007 337−1.06%
2012 326−0.66%
2017 304−1.39%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]
Panorama of the Vineyards

Wine
A bottle of Auxey-Duresses wine
Main article: Auxey-Duresses wine

Auxey-Duresses is one of the wine communes of the Côte de Beaune with 80 hectares of red wines (including 27 hectares in 1st Vintage) and 35.60 hectares of white wines (including 1.35 hectare in 1st Vintage).[8]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Petit-Auxey (19th century)[9]
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Meulin (1867)[10]
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) at an unnamed place (19th century)[11]
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) (19th century)[12]

Religious heritage
The Church of Saint-Martin

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Church of Petit-Auxey (12th century)[13]
  • The Church of Saint-Martin (14th century).[14] The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
    • A Painting: Saint Theresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross (17th century)[15]
    • A Painting: Fainting of Saint Theresa of Avila (17th century)[16]
    • A Painting: Saint Catherine of Sienna (17th century)[17]
    • A Painting: Saint Hyacinthe (17th century)[18]
    • A Painting: The dead Christ (17th century)[19]
    • A Retable (Triptych) depicting the life of the Virgin (16th century)[4]
  • A Cemetery Cross[20]
  • The Cemetery (15th century)[21]

See also

Bibliography
  • Pierre Poupon, Pierre Forgeot, Paul Devaux, and Louis Régis Affre, The Wines of Burgundy, 9th edition, Presses universitaires de France, 1980, 351 pages (in French)

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM2100011922 A Retable (Triptyque) depicting the life of the Virgin (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auxey-Duresses, EHESS. (in French)
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. Burgundy wines website
  9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000609 Lavoir at Petit-Auxey (in French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000608 Lavoir at Meulin (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000607 Lavoir at an unnamed place (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA21000606 Lavoir (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112080 Church of Petit-Auxey (in French)
  14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112079 Church (in French)
  15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000124 Painting: Saint Theresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross (in French)
  16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000123 Painting: Fainting of Saint Theresa of Avila (in French)
  17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000122 Painting: Saint Catherine of Sienna (in French)
  18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000121 Painting: Saint Hyacinthe (in French)
  19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM21000120 Painting: The dead Christ (in French)
  20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112078 Cemetery Cross (in French)
  21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112077 Cemetery (in French)
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