Longvic

Longvic
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Longvic (main town)
Community association	Dijon metropolis
Coordinates	47 ° 17 '  N , 5 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '  N , 5 ° 4'  E
height	219-247 m
surface	10.56 km 2
Residents	8,604 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	815 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	21600
INSEE code	21355
Website	www.ville-longvic.fr
Fort de Beauregard

Longvic is a commune with 8604 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Côte-d'Or in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dijon and the canton of Longvic .

geography

The municipality is located in the urban center south of Dijon . It borders in the north on Dijon, in the north-east on Sennecey-lès-Dijon , in the east on Neuilly-Crimolois with Neuilly-lès-Dijon , in the south-east on Ouges , in the south on Fénay , in the south-west on Marsannay-la-Côte and in the west to Chenôve .

The municipality is crossed by the Ouche River, which receives the Suzon tributary on the left . The Canal de Bourgogne also runs in the river valley .

history

During the Second World War there was a POW camp in Longvic. Félix Kir made it possible for around 5,000 inmates to escape.

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	5202	7448	8179	8273	9017	9332	8793

Economy and Infrastructure

• Branch of the Lennox International company .
• The Dijon Air Base as a civilian check-in area of the airbase Base aérienne 102 Dijon-Longvic

Attractions

• Église Saint-Pierre , parish church from the 17th century
• Fort de Beauregard , fortifications from the 19th century - Monument historique

Personalities

• Madjid Bougherra , Algerian-French soccer player

Town twinning

• Florennes , Belgium
• Verbandsgemeinde Maxdorf , Germany (since 1983)
• Diawara , Senegal
• New Holland , USA

Web links

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

• statistical data of the municipality (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fort de Beauregard in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ [2]