Marsannay-la-Côte
Marsannay-la-Côte | |
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 A general view of Marsannay-la-Côte | |
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Location of Marsannay-la-Côte  | |
  Marsannay-la-Côte  Marsannay-la-Côte | |
| Coordinates: 47°16′17″N 4°59′22″E / 47.2714°N 4.9894°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Dijon |
| Canton | Chenôve |
| Intercommunality | Dijon Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Verpillot[1] |
Area 1 | 12.85 km2 (4.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,309 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21390 /21160 |
| Elevation | 238–477 m (781–1,565 ft) (avg. 275 m or 902 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Marsannay-la-Côte (French pronunciation: [maʁsanɛ la kot]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Marsannay-la-Côte contains a strip of vineyards on the slope of the Côte d'Or. The vineyards are the most northerly part of the Burgundy wine region. In the plain of the Saône to the east, large fields are visible. The original village is now flanked by small modern housing developments. There is 186ha of vineyards, 202ha of agricultural land and 523ha of communal woodland on the Jurassic limestone hills to the West.
The village is situated 6 km South-West of Dijon and is on the Route des Grands Crus (which loosely translates as the "road of great vineyards") that traverses the Burgundy wine region.
Climate
Marsannay-la-Côte has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Marsannay-la-Côte is 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 800.8 mm (31.53 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.7 °C (69.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.2 °C (36.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Marsannay-la-Côte was 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Marsannay-la-Côte (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1938−2021) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
40.0 (104.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.7 (2.59) |
54.4 (2.14) |
53.8 (2.12) |
59.3 (2.33) |
83.0 (3.27) |
72.1 (2.84) |
63.8 (2.51) |
60.2 (2.37) |
68.5 (2.70) |
71.5 (2.81) |
77.2 (3.04) |
71.3 (2.81) |
800.8 (31.53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.6 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 118.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Administration
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| Period | Name |
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| 1983–2008 | Gérard Laborier |
| 2008–2014 | Jean-Francois Gondellier |
| 2014–current | Jean-Michel Verpillot |
Wine
Marsannay-la-Côte vineyards, which form part of Côte de Nuits, produce wine of all three colours - red (Pinot Noir), white (Chardonnay) and rosé (Pinot Noir) - which is unique for a communal appellation in the Burgundy wine region. The commune's appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) is called Marsannay, without la-Côte.[6]
Twin towns — sister cities
Marsannay-la-Côte is twinned with:
See also
- Communes of the Côte-d'Or département
- Cécile Bart (born 1958), artist based in Marsannay-la-Côte
- Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), born in Marsannay-la-Côte
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Marsannay la Cote (21)". Meteociel. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Marsannay-la-Côte, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Vineyards of Marsannay
External links
- Officiel website
- Marsannay-la-Côte tourist office
- Description of Marsannay-la-Côte
- Château de Marsannay
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