Nuits-Saint-Georges

Nuits-Saint-Georges

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Nuits-Saint-Georges

Coordinates: 47°08′18″N 4°57′04″E / 47.1383°N 4.9511°E / 47.1383; 4.9511Coordinates: 47°08′18″N 4°57′04″E / 47.1383°N 4.9511°E / 47.1383; 4.9511
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Beaune
Canton Nuits-Saint-Georges
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Alain Cartron
Area1 20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 5,516
  Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 21464 / 21700
Elevation 224–516 m (735–1,693 ft)
(avg. 234 m or 768 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Nuits-Saint-Georges (French pronunciation: [nɥi.sɛ̃.ʒɔʁʒ]) is a commune in the arrondissement of Beaune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It lies in the Burgundy region.

Wine

Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the Côte de Nuits wine-producing area of Burgundy.

Nuits-Saint-Georges was the site of the traditional Burgundian festival, la Saint-Vincent-Tournante, in 2007. It is a festival that celebrates the wine of a different Burgundian village each year.[1]

Stone

The local marble is a sedimentary rock, a limestone, that is not susceptible to frost damage. It is fine-grained and capable of accepting a polish. There is a vein of this stone, called popularly "the Comblanchien" and extending from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Nevers, which has made the reputations of the quarries of the region. The stone will harmonize with any style by virtue of the variety of its shades of colour, the pink of bindweed (Convolvulus) and beige, and its grain.

History

The town owes much to the economic development arising from Cistercian enterprise. The mayor of the town Franco de Martino brought them out of debt in 1905.

Administration

Mayors
Mandate Name Party Background
March 2001-2008 Xavier Dufouleur
March 2008-2014 Alain Cartron
Earlier data not yet available.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19624,059    
19684,386+8.1%
19755,063+15.4%
19825,459+7.8%
19905,569+2.0%
19995,573+0.1%
20085,516−1.0%

Sights

International relations

Personalities

See also

References

  1. Saint-Vincent tournante des Nuits-Saint-Georges 2007
  2. "International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Retrieved 21 November 2015.

Bibliography

Both in French.

External links

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