Montigny-Montfort

Administrative divisions

The commune of Montigny-Montfort belongs to the district of Montbard and the Canton of Montbard. Since January 1st, 2005 the common one belongs to the Communauté of communes of Montbardois, which takes again the communes belonging to the canton of Montbard.

Geography

Localization, access

On the secondary road D 980 between Semur-in-Auxois (to 11 km) and Montbard (to 4 km); A6 highway left 23 Bierre-lès-semur Montbard direction.

Topography

The commune is composed of 4 Hameau X: Villiers, Montigny, Montfort and Fatin.

It develops around four green valleys where the brooks of Dandarge, Tantavion, Bramble and Louère run. The territory of the commune is divided into three: in the East of the cultivated grounds, in the center of the pieces of Pasturage S and in the West the forest of Montfort (this very old forest was already symbolized over the chart Cassini and the chart of évêché of Autun of the XVIII and 17th centuries) .

The culminating point of the commune is in the forest of Montfort to 397 meters.

16 air sights of Montigny-Montfort on the site of the Public property.

Climate

The climate of Gold Coast is of type oceanic with tendency semi continental .

The oceanic influence results in frequent rains into any season (with nevertheless a maximum in autumn and a minimum in summer) and a changing time. The semi-continental influence results in a thermal Amplitude monthly among highest of France (18°C against 15°C in Paris), of the cold winters with relatively frequent snowfalls and summers hotter than on the coasts, with at the time of violent one storms.

It is this semi-continental influence which makes possible the culture of the vine in Coast-in Or.

Communes bordering

Montigny-Montfort has as communes bordering: Benoisey, Field-with Oiseau, Crépand, Courcelles-lès-Montbard, Oil cake, Montbard, Nogent-lès-Montbard, Senailly, Saint-Germain-the-Senailly, Unpleasant-the-Prévôtes and Viserny.

Etymology

Montigny : one thought a long time of a name formed on the Latin name of a person called Montanius or Montinius , but, considering the frequency of the Toponyme (60 communes in France), it seems preferable to consider a derivative of Latin: Mons or montis = mountain, top.

Montfort : this name derives from Latin: assembles , montis , or Mons = mount or top and of forti = extremely or strengthened.

Villiers : this name derives from Latin villa , who indicated in theory part of a field or a distant house. This term very quickly took the direction of hamlet.

Fatin : this name could derived from Latin faustus or fastus = happy, thrives, favorable.

Cartography

Chart of Cassini board n°82 Thunder , 1759 septentrional Part of evesché of Autun , 1659

History

The history of the commune is closely related to the history of its castle; the grounds and the hamlets of the commune belonged to the seigniory then of the baronnie of Montfort.

The investigation of 1816

Extracts from the newspaper of investigation of the Préfet of Gold Coast Herver de Tocqueville, on the cities and villages of the department of 1816.

Voici what is known as on the commune of Montigny-Montfort:

Guillier mayor, associated Lefevre, cleaned Sauron, it said that it has children with him in his house, bad reputation in all connections.

450 inhabitants approximately.

Same productions.

_ of loss on next harvest.

4 newspapers of communal grazing ground.

Only additional taxes.

pressing Repairs to make with the Presbytery, the church, and the walls of the cemetery.

the priest has only 33 Boisseau X of wheat for treatment.

the teacher receives 32 double decalitres of corn and 40 silver francs. One of it is content.

the Finage of the commune being very large there are 3 rural policemen which receive each one 50 francs.

the common one lost _ its harvest of the year spent by hail. She claimed and she obtained, still, no allowance.

the inhabitants are strong peaceful.

There exists an old building called the Barn of the dixmes, which fall in ruin, the mayor asks for the authorization of sell this building to be able to repair church etc

The castle

Photographs of the castle of Montfort

With the presidential election of 2002, the first turn saw arriving at the head Jacques Chirac with 20,83%, followed Jean-Marie Le Pen with 15,63%, Lionel Jospin with 10,42%, then Francois Bayrou with 9,38%, Jean Saint-Jose with 9,38% and Jean-Pierre Chevènement with 8,33%, no other candidate not exceeding the threshold of the 5%.

With the second turn, the voters voted to 82,83% for Jacques Chirac against 17,17% for Jean-Marie Le Pen with a rate of abstention from 12,94%, very close to the national tendencies respectively to 82,21% and 17,79%.

With the referendum on the constitutional treaty for Europe of May 29th, 2005, the inhabitants of Montigny-Montfort largely rejected the European Constitution, with 61,17% of Not against 38,83% of Yes with a rate of abstention from 21,14%. These figures are higher than the results of whole France: Not to 54,67%; Yes to 45,33%.

These results confirm and are same superiors with the results of the referendum on the Traité of Maastricht of September 20th, 1992. For the common one Not: 58,88%; Yes: 41,12%.

Budget-economy

Demography

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Sources

sources used for the drafting of this article:

Wikipédia article on the Holy Shroud.
Tourist office of Montbard.

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