Semur-en-Auxois

Semur-en-Auxois
Coat of arms
Semur-en-Auxois
Location within Burgundy region Semur-en-Auxois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Semur-en-Auxois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Guyenot
Area1	19.14 km2 (7.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	4,240
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	21603 / 21140
Elevation	237–423 m (778–1,388 ft) (avg. 286 m or 938 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Semur-en-Auxois is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern 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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	4,617	—
1800	4,291	−7.1%
1806	5,065	+18.0%
1821	5,053	−0.2%
1831	4,544	−10.1%
1836	4,035	−11.2%
1846	4,129	+2.3%
1851	3,971	−3.8%
1856	3,708	−6.6%
1861	3,590	−3.2%
1866	3,760	+4.7%
1872	3,765	+0.1%
1876	4,130	+9.7%
1881	4,307	+4.3%
1886	3,894	−9.6%
1891	3,908	+0.4%
1896	3,835	−1.9%
1901	3,655	−4.7%
1906	3,512	−3.9%
1911	3,411	−2.9%
1921	3,009	−11.8%
1926	3,042	+1.1%
1931	3,024	−0.6%
1936	3,017	−0.2%
1946	3,257	+8.0%
1954	3,324	+2.1%
1962	3,399	+2.3%
1968	3,812	+12.2%
1975	4,334	+13.7%
1982	4,619	+6.6%
1990	4,545	−1.6%
1999	4,453	−2.0%
2008	4,240	−4.8%

Sport

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

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

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 theater.
  • 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

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

• INSEE