Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Coat of arms
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Location within Burgundy region  Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Coordinates: 47°26′30″N 4°47′24″E / 47.4417°N 4.79°ECoordinates: 47°26′30″N 4°47′24″E / 47.4417°N 4.79°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Malgras
Area^1	3.84 km^2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	364
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	21573 / 21440
Elevation	429–570 m (1,407–1,870 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.

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

It is also a place steeped in history with its archaeological sites, the goddess Sequana; nymph Sources close to the Seine and Alesia, the remnants of its ancient abbey, the abbey church, a jewel of Gothic art primitive Burgundy and its rich rural heritage: the 1856 school converted into a museum, flower laundries, foundries, crucifixes, mills.^[1]

The abbey was founded by St Sequanus in the 6th century.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	352	—
1968	358	+1.7%
1975	352	−1.7%
1982	309	−12.2%
1990	326	+5.5%
1999	355	+8.9%
2008	364	+2.5%

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

• INSEE

1. "Information"
2. Butler, Alban (December 1, 1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints (New Full ed.). St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota: Christian Classics. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-8146-2385-9.