Avosnes
Commune
The road into Avosnes
Coat of arms
Location of Avosnes
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Coordinates: 47°21′59″N 4°38′35″E / 47.3664°N 4.6431°E / 47.3664; 4.6431
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Semur-en-Auxois
Intercommunality	CC Terres Auxois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Adrien Menetrier[1]
Area 1	11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	93
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21040 /21350
Elevation	368–552 m (1,207–1,811 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avosnes (French pronunciation: [avon]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Geography

Avosnes is located some 25 km west of Dijon and 10 km north-west of Sombernon. Access to the commune is by the D9 road which comes from Villy-en-Auxois in the north and passes down the eastern side of the commune south to Saint-Mesmin. Access to the village is by the D119F which goes west from the D9 in the commune passing through the village and continuing west to join the D119 north of Saffres. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Barain in the north-west of the commune. There are large forests in the north of the commune with scattered forests elsewhere and the rest of the commune is farmland.^[3]

The Ozerain river flows from the south through the eastern side of the commune as it flows north to join the Brenne just south of Venarey-les-Laumes. The Ruisseau de Revillon rises in the centre of the commune and flows north to join the Ozerain at Chevannay.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avosniens or Avosniennes in French.^[5]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument:

• A former Chateau (16th century)^[8]

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious structure that is registered as an historical monument:

• A Chapel and Cross at Barain (15th century)^[9] The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Monument to the Memory of Mary of Brittany (1756)^[10]
  • A Retable: Resurrection of Christ (1756)^[11]
  • 2 Retables (18th century)^[12]
  • A Baptismal font and Retable (1756)^[13]
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)^[14]
  • A Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)^[15]
  • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)^[16]
  • A Bronze Bell (1788)^[17]
  • A Stoup (15th century)^[18]