The church at Occey was the seat of a parish administered by the abbot of Saint-Etienne de Dijon and, from 1731, under the patronage of the bishop of Dijon. It was originally given to the abbot of Saint-Bénigne by Bishop Robert of Burgundy in 1092. In 1838, an invitation to tender was issued for the reconstruction of the bell tower, based on an estimate by architect Charles Santa dated November 1837. On 9 May 1897, the architect Henry-Philibert Méot drew up plans for the reconstruction of certain parts of the church and the restoration of others. An arm was built to the south of the transept crossing (using ashlar from the Prauthoy quarries for the exteriors), and the interior floor was raised by 65 cm thanks to the slabs removed from the roof (which were replaced by Saint-Louis-type slates from Rimogne or Fumay), the vaults were rebuilt throughout (the piers and double arches in soft stone from Chevilon or Bugnières and the vaults in 55 mm thick hollow brick) and a new bay was made in the wall of the chevet and the north arm of the transept.|With the exception of the bell tower, the south arm of the transept and the vaults, the church could date back to the Middle Ages.
Eglise Saint-Rémy d'Occey
