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Country
  
France

Canton
  
Semur-en-Auxois

INSEE/Postal code
  
21603 /21140

Population
  
4,107 (2013)

Department
  
Côte-d'Or

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
19.14 km²

Arrondissement
  
Montbard

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Region
  
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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.

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Map of 21140 Semur-en-Auxois, France

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.

Sport

Semur-en-Auxois was the start of Stage 6 in the 2007 Tour de France.

International relations

Semur-en-Auxois is twinned with:

  • Cranleigh in Surrey, UK (since 2008)
  • Laigueglia in Italy
  • Höhr-Grenzhausen in Germany

    • Sights

  • The church, La Collégiale Notre-Dame, which was started in 1225 and built in flamboyant Gothic style. It was restored in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc. The north tympanum depicts the legend of St. Thomas.
  • La porte Sauvigny, built in the 15th century, it marks the entrance to the city
  • The fortified castle, built in the 13th century and dismantled in the 17th century, the parts visible today are:
  • La tour de l'Orle d'Or, with a height of 44 metres and walls 5 metres thick
  • La tour de la Gehenne
  • La tour de la Prison
  • La tour Margot, behind the theatre.
  • Location: 47°29′26″N 4°19′47″E
  • Bridges of the city crossing the Armançon:
  • Le pont Joly, which provides a picturesque view of the city
  • Le pont Pinard
  • Le pont des Minimes
  • The ramparts provide a promende with views of the river

    • References

    Semur-en-Auxois Wikipedia
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