Arcenant
Encyclopedia
Arcenant is a commune
in the Côte-d'Or
department in Bourgogne
in eastern France
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between Dijon
and Beaune
Arcenant lies 9 km west of Nuits-Saint-Georges
and 16 km north of Beaune
.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
department in Bourgogne
Bourgogne
Burgundy is one of the 27 regions of France.The name comes from the Burgundians, an ancient Germanic people who settled in the area in early Middle-age. The region of Burgundy is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy, from the modern...
in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Located in Hautes-Côtes de NuitsHautes-Côtes de Nuits
Hautes-Côtes de Nuits is a subregion of the Burgundy wine region located to the west of the Côte de Nuits subregion. While Côte de Nuits consists of vineyards located on or close to the main Côte d'Or escarpment, Hautes-Côtes de Nuits covers the area on top of the escarpment, and the adjacent area...
between Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
and Beaune
Beaune
Beaune is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Cote d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Paris and Geneva.Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France and the annual wine auction of the Hospices de Beaune is the primary wine auction in France...
Arcenant lies 9 km west of Nuits-Saint-Georges
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Nuits-Saint-Georges is a commune in the arrondissement of Beaune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It lies in the Burgundy region.-Wine:Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the Côte de Nuits wine-producing area of Burgundy...
and 16 km north of Beaune
Beaune
Beaune is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Cote d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Paris and Geneva.Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France and the annual wine auction of the Hospices de Beaune is the primary wine auction in France...
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History
- On the 15 June 1944, the Wehrmacht German troops which joined men of the French militia attack a hundred Maquis guerrillas holed up in a place called The Cave. Fights result in thirty-nine dead on the side of the attackers, and six on the side of the guerrillas, four more wounded. The six dead were names for Serge Boillereau, Ferruccio Borillo Louis Evrard, Jean Fiorese, Jean and Andre Rebill Chicken. This feat of arms continues to be celebrated each year on the premises themselves fighting
- The Duke hole, cave in the cliffside where we discover a beautiful sight, inhabited since ancient times
- The well on land, masonry wells wells similar to conventional hydraulic, but for collecting the land of vines carried by runoff. It was enough then to go up
- The well Currant, large underground chamber of 560 m of development and 30 m in elevation
- In communal forest Arcenant,the Gallo-Roman Ecartelot, situated on a Roman road, including a farm and a pool of water, rare in Côte d'Or.
- A fortified priory of the thirteenth century.
- A tree of liberty in the central square of the village.
- The church of the fourteenth century.