Laignes


Laignes is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

Laignes has a total area of 40 km2 and an approximate altitude of 220 m.
Near the town hall there is a basin formed by the resurgence of the Laigne River.

Accessibility

Laignes is traversed by RN 965 from Auxerre to Chaumont.
The nearest train stations are found at Nuits and Montbard. There is a bus connection to Gare de Montbard, a station.

Neighboring Communes

History

Prehistory and Antiquity

Refined flints and tombs dating to the Iron Age attest to the antiquity of the site’s occupation. The crossing of the roads from Auxerre to Langres and Alise to Vertault made it a very active place for the Lingones during the Gallo-Roman period: an ancient potter’s wheel was discovered near the train station bearing witness to the area’s artisanal past.

Middle Ages

Merovingian coins were struck at Laignes, especially those bearing the likeness of Charles the Bald. During this period, Laignes belonged to Tonnerre which passed from the Counts of Champagne to the Duchy of Burgundy. To resist various assaults from armed bands that ravaged the country during the Hundred Years' War, the city surrounded itself with fortifications; of which only a single round tower remains.

Modern Era

On the eve of the French Revolution, Laignes depended on goods from the Bailiwick of Sens in the County of Champagne and spiritual guidance from the Deanery of Châtillon-sur-Seine, part of the Diocese of Langres.

Heraldry

List of Mayors

Demographics

The changes in the number of inhabitants are documented using census data collected since 1793. Starting in the first decade of the 21st century, the official population of every commune has been published annually. The census is now based on information collected annually, over a five-year period. For communes with fewer than 10,000 people, a census is taken every five years. The official population of the intervening years is determined by interpolation or extrapolation. For this community, this procedure was originally used in 2005.
In 2014, the commune had 747 inhabitants, a change of -8.12% from 2009.

Population change
179318001806182118311836184118461851
159315591768151414761492156315341547

185618611866187218761881188618911896
142114101391138013401341128912321158

190119061911192119261931193619461954
114911861138106810721109105110461047

196219681975198219901999200420092014
1032107310041008904881874777747

From 1962 to 1999: Population without double counting; For the dates afterword: municipal population.

(Sources: EHESS/Cassini up to 1999 then INSEE starting in 2006.
Histogram of the population change

Monuments and Historic Places