Semur-en-Auxois () is a

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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 in eastern France. The politician

François Patriat François Patriat (born 21 March 1943) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as president of the party's group in the Senate since 2017. He has represented the Côte-d'Or department in the Senate since ...

, the engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and

Émile Dorand Jean-Baptiste Émile Dorand (14 May 1866 – 1 July 1922), was a French military engineer and aircraft designer. Early career Émile Dorand was born in Semur-en-Auxois in eastern France. He attended the École Polytechnique from 1886 to 1888 ...

(1866-1922), and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720–1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois, while the military engineer Vauban (1633–1707) was educated at the

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college. Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink

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bluff more than half-encircled by the River

Armançon The river Armançon () drains part of north-western Burgundy in France. It is long. It rises at Meilly-sur-Rouvres in the department of Côte-d'Or and flows into the Yonne (right bank) at Migennes. Its source is at about above sea level and it ...

. The river formerly provided motive power for tanneries and mills, but its flow is now somewhat reduced by the Lac de Pont. The dam was built upstream in the 19th century to provide water for the

Canal de Bourgogne The Canal de Bourgogne (English: Canal of Burgundy or Burgundy Canal) is a canal in the Burgundy historical region in east-central France. It connects the Yonne at Migennes with the Saône at Saint-Jean-de-Losne. Construction began in 1775 and wa ...

Sport

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

International relations

Semur-en-Auxois is twinned with: *

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, UK ''(since 2008)'' * Laigueglia in Italy *

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in Germany

Population

Sights

*The church, La Collégiale Notre-Dame, 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, marks the entrance to the city *The fortified castle, built in the 13th century and dismantled in the 17th century. 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. *Bridges of the city crossing the

: **Le pont Joly, which provides a picturesque view of the city **Le pont Pinard **Le pont des Minimes *The ramparts provide a promenade with views of the river

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Communes of Côte-d'Or Burgundy {{CôteOr-geo-stub

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