Brochon

Brochon
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Longvic
Community association	Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges
Coordinates	47 ° 14 ′ N , 4 ° 58 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ N , 4 ° 58 ′ E
height	228-546 m
surface	7.46 km 2
Residents	645 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	86 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	21220
INSEE code	21110
	; Brochon Castle

Brochon is a French commune and a wine town in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region , in the Côte-d'Or department . The municipality, located south of Dijon , has 645 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and is between 262 and 546 m above sea level. It has an area of 746 hectares, borders Gevrey-Chambertin to the south and Fixin to the north .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2016
Residents	442	550	633	609	591	691	651	664
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Brochon wine region

Brochon does not have its own appellation , although the location is comparable to Gevrey-Chambertin. The southern locations can therefore also be called Gevrey-Chambertin , while the other locations are marketed under the appellation Côte de Nuits -Villages. The exception in the northern locations is a small parcel of the Premier Cru location Clos de la Perrière , which is largely located on the soil of the municipality of Fixin . Wines from this plot are marketed under the AOC Fixin . Pinot noir is cultivated , which is developed into classic wines.

Attractions

The Brochon castle (also Château Stéphen Liégeard called), built from 1895 to 1898 in the style of Neo-Renaissance, serving since 1962 as a lycée de l'éducation nationale (Gymnasium of National Education) and is the main building of the Lycée "Stephen Liégeard" represents. The entire palace complex used to be supplied with water by a wind pump , the Éolienne .

Parish partnership

Weinolsheim in the district of Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)

Web links

Commons : Brochon - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Bernhard Rath: Our French partner school, the Lycée Stephen Liégeard in Brochon-Gevrey-Chambertin, introduces itself. In: Josef Brecht, Gerhart Gradenegger (editor): Friedrich-Koenig-Gymnasium Würzburg. Annual report 1980/81. Edited by the directorate of the Friedrich-Koenig-Gymnasium Würzburg, Würzburg 1981, p. 101 f.

[1] Bernhard Rath: Our French partner school, the Lycée Stephen Liégeard in Brochon-Gevrey-Chambertin, introduces itself. In: Josef Brecht, Gerhart Gradenegger (editor): Friedrich-Koenig-Gymnasium Würzburg. Annual report 1980/81. Edited by the directorate of the Friedrich-Koenig-Gymnasium Würzburg, Würzburg 1981, p. 101 f.