Ampilly-le-Sec
Commune
The village church
Coat of arms
Location of Ampilly-le-Sec
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Coordinates: 47°48′37″N 4°31′54″E / 47.8103°N 4.5317°E / 47.8103; 4.5317
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Châtillon-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Pays Châtillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Regnault[1]
Area 1	24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	336
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21012 /21400
Elevation	231–314 m (758–1,030 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ampilly-le-Sec is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Geography

Ampilly-le-Sec is located some 5 km south by south-west of Chatillon-sur-Seine and 15 km east by south-east of Laignes. It can be accessed by the D980 highway from Chatillon-sur-Seine which passes through the village and continues south to Coulmier-le-Sec. The D971 from Buncey to Chamesson also passes through the eastern edge of the commune. From the D971 the D29A goes west through the village then continues to the south-west. The western third of the commune is heavily forested with the rest being entirely farmland.^[3]

The Seine River passes through the east of the commune parallel to the D971 flowing from south to north.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, two stag's heads caboshed of Or posed in pale, in chief argent charged with three millwheels of gules.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ampilliaciens or Ampilliaciennes alternatively Ampellois or Ampelloises in French.^[5]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• A Blast Furnace (1829)^[8]
• A House at Rue de Coulmier (19th century)^[9]
• A House at Rue de la Maison Commune (19th century)^[10]
• The Town Hall/School at Rue de la Maison Commune (19th century)^[11]
• An old Ironworks (1833)^[12]
• Houses (19th century)^[13]

Religious heritage

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

• A Wayside Cross at CR 12 (18th century)^[14]
• A Tomb at CR 25 (19th century)^[15]
• A Cemetery Cross at CR 25 (19th century)^[16]
• A Cemetery Chapel at CR 25 (19th century)^[17]
• A Wayside Cross at CR 8 (18th century)^[18]
• A Wayside Cross at CVO2 and CR32 crossroads (1840)^[19]
• A Wayside Cross at Rue de Chamesson and CR13 crossroads (1811)^[20]
• A Cemetery at Rue de l'Église (19th century)^[21]
• The Parish Church of Saint Peter and Paul at Rue de l'Église (1827).^[22] The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects.^[22]
• A Wayside Cross at RD 29a (1877)^[23]
• A Wayside Cross at RD29a and CR 25 crossroads (1762)^[24]
• A Wayside Cross at RN 71 and former Chemin de Chamesson crossroads at Vanvey (1861)^[25]
• A Wayside Cross at Grande Rue and Rue de la Croix de Mission crossroads (19th century)^[26]
• A Monumental Cross (1638)^[27]
• A Wayside Cross at Ferme de la Forêt (1783)^[28]
• A Wayside Cross at Ferme de la Forfol (18th century)^[29]