Semur-en-Auxois
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
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| Coordinates: 47°29′29″N 4°20′01″E / 47.4914°N 4.3336°ECoordinates: 47°29′29″N 4°20′01″E / 47.4914°N 4.3336°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Côte-d'Or | |
| Arrondissement | Montbard | |
| Canton | Semur-en-Auxois | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Catherine Sadon | |
| Area1 | 19.14 km2 (7.39 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 4,240 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21603 /21140 | |
| Elevation | 237–423 m (778–1,388 ft) (avg. 286 m or 938 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Semur-en-Auxois is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The engineer Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720–1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois.
Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink granite bluff more than half-encircled by the River Armançon. The river formerly provided motive power for tanneries and mills, but its flow is now somewhat reduced by the Lac de Pont, a dam built upstream in the 19th century to provide water for the Canal de Bourgogne.
Semur-en-Auxois was the start of Stage 6 in the 2007 Tour de France.
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