Nuits-Saint-Georges

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Nuits-Saint-Georges
Coat of arms of Nuits-Saint-Georges
Nuits-Saint-Georges (France)
Nuits-Saint-Georges
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Beaune
Canton Nuits-Saint-Georges (main town)
Community association Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges
Coordinates 47 ° 8 '  N , 4 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '  N , 4 ° 57'  E
height 224-516 m
surface 20.50 km 2
Residents 5,481 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 267 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 21700
INSEE code 21464

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Nuits-Saint-Georges is a French commune with 5481 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côte-d'Or department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté on the RN 74 between Beaune and Dijon and on the Paris-Marseille railway line . The place is with its 20.50 km² at an altitude between 224 and 516 m above sea level, about 20 kilometers south of the city of Dijon. The municipality borders on the wine-growing community of Vosne-Romanée to the north .

history

There was a first settlement in the Gallo-Roman period, which is proven by finds. Thus dedicatory inscriptions were discovered for the god Segomo .

The place is mentioned as a dépendance of the lords of Vergy as early as 1060 . He received city rights in 1212 and was fortified in 1362. 1870 was Nuits-Saint-Georges scene of a heavy battle between the troops of Général Camille Crémer and the Grand Duke of Baden Division under General Adolf von Glümer .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2016
Residents 3970 4330 5063 5459 5569 5573 5618 5543
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Viticulture

  • Clos de Vougeot

  • Viticulture on the Côte de Nuits

The Nuits-Saint-Georges wine-growing region is part of the Côte de Nuits , in the Burgundy wine-growing region . Since 1934, the Nuits-Saint-Georges area has had 2 Appellations d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short):

  • AOC Nuits-Saint-Georges : 165 hectares (ha) of vineyards that are exclusively planted with the red Pinot Noir grape variety . The neighboring municipality of Premeaux-Prissey is also allowed to market 12 hectares under this name.
  • AOC Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru : 152 hectares of vineyards, of which 62 hectares in the municipality of Premeaux. The names of the Premier Cru locations are Aux Champs Perdrix, En la Perrière Noblot, Les Damodes, Aux Bourdots, Aux Cras, La Richemonde, Aux Murgers, Aux Vignerondes, Aux Chaignots, Aux Thorey, Aux Argillas, Aux Boussellots, Les Perrières , Les Hauts Pruliers, Château Gris, Les Crots, Rue de Chaux, Les Procès, Les Pruliers, Roncière, Les Saint-Georges, Les Cailles, Les Porrets Saint-Georges, Clos des Porrets Saint-Georges, Les Vallerots, Les Poulettes, Les Chaboeufs, Les Vaucrains, Chaînes Carteaux, Clos des Grandes Vignes. The Premier Crus from Premeaux are Clos de la Maréchale, Clos Arlot, Les Terres Blanches, Clos les Didiers, Clos des Forêts Saint-Georges, Aux Perdrix, Clos des Corvées Pagets, Clos Saint-Marc, Les Argillières and Clos des Argillières.

Several vintners from Nuits-Saint-Georges own small plots in one of the most famous Grand Cru vineyards in Burgundy: the 50.6 hectare Clos de Vougeot , the largest Grand Cru location on the Côte de Nuits . About 7 kilometers from Nuits-Saint-Georges in the mountains are the vineyards of the Hautes-Côtes-de-Nuits . Black currants also grow here for the crème de cassis , an important ingredient for the kir .

Attractions

Downtown of Nuits-Saint-Georges with the "Beffroi" bell tower
  • The Magdalena is buried in the Trou-Léger grotto
  • Pit with megaliths , in which the dead were burned in Gallo-Roman times.
  • Remains of a Gallo-Roman residential area with the Temple of Apollo , Mithraeum , statues , steles , pottery , coins , fibulas , etc.
  • Saint-Symphorien Church (13th century)
  • Bell tower " Beffroi " from the early 17th century, belonged to the town hall until 1833
  • Cassissium, museum of a distillery with the possibility of tasting

Town twinning

Personalities

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Web links

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