# Agencourt

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

## Geography

Agencourt is located some 20 km south of Dijon on the A31 autoroute (E17) with Exit 1 in the commune. The motorway forms the western border of the commune with Nuits-Saint-Georges on the opposite side of the motorway. Access to the commune is on the D8 road (Rue du Village) from west to east from Nuits-Saint-Georges which continues east to Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux. Agencourt town is spread along the Highway D8 and is the only built-up area in the commune which consists entirely of farmland except for the Bois de Charbonniere on the eastern side of the commune.

### Neighbouring communes and villages

vtePlaces adjacent to Agencourt :
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Boncourt-le-Bois
Villebichot
Chaux
Agencourt
La Chappelle
Premeaux-Prissey
Quincey
Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux :

## Heraldry

| Arms of Agencourt | Blazon: Vairé, of four rows tierced per pale in gules charged with pales of Or and surcharged by a clocheton of two bells of Argent masoned in sable. |

## Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt
| From | To | Name |
| 2001 | 2008 | Jean Detain |
| 2008 | 2014 | Alain Courteaux |
| 2014 | 2026 | Gilles Seguin |

## Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agencourtois or Agencourtoises in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 150 | — |
| 1800 | 192 | +3.59% |
| 1806 | 203 | +0.93% |
| 1821 | 167 | −1.29% |
| 1836 | 174 | +0.27% |
| 1841 | 167 | −0.82% |
| 1846 | 173 | +0.71% |
| 1851 | 172 | −0.12% |
| 1856 | 156 | −1.93% |
| 1861 | 176 | +2.44% |
| 1866 | 207 | +3.30% |
| 1872 | 202 | −0.41% |
| 1876 | 243 | +4.73% |
| 1881 | 281 | +2.95% |
| 1886 | 286 | +0.35% |
| 1891 | 292 | +0.42% |
| 1896 | 269 | −1.63% |
| 1901 | 300 | +2.21% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1906 | 273 | −1.87% |
| 1911 | 257 | −1.20% |
| 1921 | 245 | −0.48% |
| 1926 | 232 | −1.08% |
| 1931 | 224 | −0.70% |
| 1936 | 231 | +0.62% |
| 1946 | 224 | −0.31% |
| 1954 | 229 | +0.28% |
| 1962 | 181 | −2.90% |
| 1968 | 183 | +0.18% |
| 1975 | 236 | +3.70% |
| 1982 | 268 | +1.83% |
| 1990 | 361 | +3.79% |
| 1999 | 422 | +1.75% |
| 2007 | 395 | −0.82% |
| 2012 | 433 | +1.85% |
| 2017 | 460 | +1.22% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE :

## Culture and heritage
### Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:
* Agencourt Fortified House (1643) with the remains of a moat: the main building from the 17th century, stables from 1643.

### Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:
* The Parish Church of Notre-Dame (12th century). The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
** A Monumental Painting: Cherubs (17th century)
** A Monumental Painting: Centaur (16th century)
** A Consecrational Cross (14th century)
** A Monumental Painting: Education of the Virgin and St. Margaret (15th century)
** A Monumental Painting: Saint Georges (16th century)
** A Monumental Painting: Saint Michel and Saint Blaise (15th century)
* The Parish Church of the Assumption contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
** A Heraldic Stained glass window for the Vichy family (1500)