Barges () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.INSEE commune file
Geography Barges is located some 12 km due south of Dijon. Access to the commune is by the D996 road from Saulon-la-Rue in the north which passes down the eastern side of the commune and continues south-east to Noiron-sous-Gevrey. Access to the village is by the D109 from Épernay-sous-Gevrey in the south which enters the commune in the west and continues north-east through the village and continues east as the D31 to Bretenière. Apart from a significant-sized urban area around the village the commune is entirely farmland.
The Chairon river rises near the village and flows south-east to join the Sans Fond at Beau-Vallon.
History Barges appears as Berge dit Barge (Berge known as Barge) on the 1750 Cassini Map and as Barge on the 1790 version.
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 2001 2014 Pierre Coquillet 2014 2026 André Daller
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bargeois or Bargeoises in French.Le nom des habitants du 21 - Côte-d'Or, habitants.fr
Sites and monuments The War Memorial The Parish Church of the Assumption contains a Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century) which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy
See also Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
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