France
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Cîteaux Abbey
Cîteaux Abbey ( ) is a Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, south of Dijon, France. It is notable for being the original house of the Order of Cistercians. Today, it belongs to the Trappists (also called the Cistercians of th ...
is located in the commune.
Geography
Climate
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux has an
oceanic climate
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Köppen climate classification
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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux was on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 9 January 1985.
Population
Town partnerships
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux fosters partnerships with the following places:Partnership with Roth /ref>
* Roth,
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since 1 June 1991
See also
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Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Côte-d'Or
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