An Auxois horse at the Salon International de l'Agriculture 2013 in Paris
Country of origin
France
Breed standards
Centre de promotion de la race du cheval de trait auxois
Equus ferus caballus
The Auxois is a horse breed from eastern France. It is a large breed, with some individuals weighing over 910 kilograms (2,010 lb), bred for horse meat, agricultural work and leisure pursuits. Overall, members of the breed are solid and muscular in appearance. They are usually bay or bay roan in color, although some other colors are accepted by the breed registry, and are known for their power and docility.
The Auxois is a direct descendant of the Bourguignon of the Middle Ages. In the 19th century, blood was added from other French draft breeds before the creation of a stud book in 1912. After the creation of the stud book, only purebred Auxois or Ardennais and Trait du Nord crosses could be registered. World War I interrupted efforts to set the breed standard, but testing resumed in 1920, and between then and World War II the Auxois was the pride of regional farmers. The breed reached its peak in the 1930s, but by the 1960s began to decline with the advent of mechanization.
By the 1970s, the Auxois had almost become extinct, and the French government began pushing the breeding of all native draft horses for meat production, as opposed to agricultural usage. However, the meat of the Auxois was not considered high quality, and this, combined with a lower-than-expected market for meat, led to a continued decline in French draft horse populations. In the 1990s, the French government reversed its position on breeding for meat, and began promoting draft breeds for leisure pursuits. The Auxois continues to be rare, having the eighth-smallest population numbers of the nine native French draft breeds. An annual breed show is held in Semur-en-Auxois, and the Auxois is frequently seen at the Paris International Agricultural Show.
show is held in Semur-en-Auxois, and the Auxois is frequently seen at the Paris International Agricultural Show. The Auxois is a horse of great size,...
canal tunnel of the Canal de Bourgogne in the French Canton de Pouilly-en-Auxois. In 2012 Diversified Marine in Portland, Oregon built the new Buena Vista...
déclinante sur 4 ou 5 personnes qui dansent (1983, Festival de Semur en Auxois) Terre étrangère (1984, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers) Naïves Hirondelles (1984...
Gevrey-Chambertin 25 km (16 mi) Individual time trial 8 6 July Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises 176 km (109 mi) Flat stage 9 7 July Troyes...
Laigueglia is twinned with: Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany (since 1972) Semur-en-Auxois, France (since 2000) La Thuile, Italy (since 2013) "Superficie di Comuni...
local farmers that flouted the rationing system imposed by Vichy. In the Auxois region, the Maquis Bernard had created its system of taxation with people...
territory of France and Belgium. The battle site was probably atop Mont Auxois, above modern Alise-Sainte-Reine in France, but this location, some have...
Alcide d'Orbigny in 1842. It takes its name from the French town of Semur-en-Auxois, near Dijon. The original definition of Sinemurian included what is now...
the departments of Yonne and Côte-d'Or. Its summit level is at Pouilly-en-Auxois, 378 m above sea level, when the canal passes through a tunnel 3.3 km long...
the Yonne département Villy Bocage, in the Calvados département Villy-en-Auxois, in the Côte-d'Or département Villy-en-Trodes, in the Aube département Villy-le-Bois...
Ardennes horses of Belgium and France. Another closely related breed is the Auxois. Ardennes horses were also used in the 1920s to improve the Comtois by adding...
Anne Marie-Louise Damiens, stage name Anna Judic (18 July 1849, Semur-en-Auxois – 15 April 1911, Golfe-Juan) was a French comic actress. Niece of Montigny...
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