Nuits-Saint-Georges () is a

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in the

arrondissement of Beaune The arrondissement of Beaune is an arrondissement of France in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 222 communes. Its population is 111,295 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondisse ...

of the

Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in eastern

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. It lies in the

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

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Wine

Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the

Côte de Nuits The Côte de Nuits () is a French wine region located in the northern part of the Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is at the heart of the Burgundy wine region. It extends from Dijon to just south of Nuits-Saint-Georges, which gives its name to ...

wine-producing area of

Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...

. Nuits-Saint-Georges was the site of the traditional Burgundian

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, ''la Saint-Vincent-Tournante'', in 2007. It is a festival that celebrates the wine of a different Burgundian village each year.

Stone

The local

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is a sedimentary rock, a

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

, that is not susceptible to

frost Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) ...

damage. It is fine-grained and capable of accepting a polish. There is a vein of this stone, called popularly "the ''Comblanchien''" and extending from Nuits-Saint-Georges to

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...

, which has made the reputations of the

quarries A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environ ...

of the region. The stone will harmonize with any style by virtue of the variety of its shades of colour, the pink of bindweed (''

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'') and

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, and its grain.

Sport

Stage 7 of the

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, finished here on the 7 July 2017. The stage was won by

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History

The town owes much to the economic development arising from

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

enterprise. The mayor of the town Franco de Martino brought them out of debt in 1905.

Administration

Population

Sights

* A short distance to the east is the

Cîteaux Abbey Cîteaux Abbey (french: Abbaye de Cîteaux, links=no ) is a Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, south of Dijon, France. It is notable for being the original house of the Cistercian order. Today, it belongs to the Trappists ...

, the mother house of the Cistercian order of

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s. It was founded in 1098 and has, over the years much influenced Nuits-Saint-Georges. * They built the Château du

Clos Vougeot Clos de Vougeot, also known as Clos Vougeot, is a wall-enclosed vineyard, a ''clos'', in the Burgundy wine region, and an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) for red wine from this vineyard. It was named for the River Vouge, which is i ...

and the nearby villages of

Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Cîteaux Abbey is located in the commune. Geography Climate Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb'') ...

and Saint-Bernard. * Les Bolards is an archaeological site of a trading, crossroads town from the

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period. * The municipal belfry was built in 1610. * The church of Saint Symphorien was built in the 13th century. It amalgamates the Romanesque with the

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and contains an early

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. In 2005, it is closed for renovation. (Details of the saint appea
here
) * In the church of Saint Denis, there is a fine organ by

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (; 4 February 1811 – 13 October 1899) was a French organ builder. He has the reputation of being the most distinguished organ builder of the 19th century. He pioneered innovations in the art and science of organ buildi ...

, a great organ builder of the 19th century who built those of Notre Dame in Paris. * The Hôpital Saint-Laurent dates in origin from 1634 but the buildings are late 17th century. It has retained its hospital vocation which it supports by the annual sale of the products of its vineyards. * The Château d'Entre-Deux-Monts is a private property but open each September for the ''journées du Patrimoine'', heritage days.

International relations

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, United Kingdom *

Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", a description of the shoal behind the ''Mäuseturm'', k ...

, Germany *

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, Japan

Personalities

François Thurot François Thurot (22 July 1727 at Nuits-Saint-Georges near Dijon in eastern France – 28 February 1760 off the Isle of Man) was a French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler who raided British shipping during the Seven Years' War. Ea ...

(1727-1760),

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* Paul Cabet (1815–1876),

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Félix Tisserand François Félix Tisserand (13 January 1845 – 20 October 1896) was a French astronomer. Life Tisserand was born at Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-d'Or. In 1863 he entered the École Normale Supérieure, and on leaving he went for a month as profes ...

(1845–1896),

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Maurice Boitel Maurice Boitel (July 31, 1919 – August 11, 2007) was a French painter. Artistic life Boitel belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris,The School of Paris (1945–1965) by Lydia Harambourg. ...

(1919–2007), French painter * Georges Faiveley and Camille Rodier, wine merchants, founders of the order of the knights of the Tastewine ('' Chevaliers du Tastevin'') File:Nuits St Georges (France - Burgundy).jpg, Nuits-Saint-Georges December 2010 - St Symphorien church

References

(Tourisme) Patrimoine

Bibliography

Both in French. *''Nuits-Saint-Georges en Bourgogne'', edited by the town of Nuits-Saint-Georges. *''Lames de sang : La vie exemplaire de François Thurot'', by Camille Bailly. (''Blades of Blood : The exemplary life of François Thurot'').

External links

Official website of Nuits-Saint-Georges
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