Nuits-Saint-Georges
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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-producing area
of Burgundy
. Map of the vineyards and descriptions (Click on the map to enlarge it).
Nuits-Saint-Georges was the site of the traditional Burgundian festival
, la Saint-Vincent-Tournante, in 2007. It is a festival that celebrates the wine of a different Burgundian village each year.
is a sedimentary rock, a limestone
which is not susceptible to frost
damage. It is fine-grained and capable of accepting a polish. There is a vein of this stone, called popularly, "the Comblanchien", extending from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Nevers
, which has made the reputations of the quarries
of the region. The stone, by the variety of its shades of colour, the pink of bindweed
(Convolvulus) and beige
and its grain will harmonize with any style.
The Town Council (Click on Equipe municipale).
, Hertfordshire
, in the United Kingdom
.
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 arrondissement of Beaune
Arrondissement of Beaune
The arrondissement of Beaune is an arrondissement of France, located in the Côte-d'Or département, in the Bourgogne région. It has 10 cantons and 194 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Beaune are:# Arnay-le-Duc# Beaune-Nord...
of 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 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...
. It lies in the Burgundy
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...
region.
Wine
Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the Côte de NuitsCôte 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 the district and is the regional center...
wine-producing area
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
of Burgundy
Burgundy wine
Burgundy wine is wine made in the Burgundy region in eastern France, in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône River, a tributary of the Rhône. The most famous wines produced here - those commonly referred to as "Burgundies" - are red wines made from Pinot Noir grapes or white wines made from...
. Map of the vineyards and descriptions (Click on the map to enlarge it).
Nuits-Saint-Georges was the site of the traditional Burgundian festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
, la Saint-Vincent-Tournante, in 2007. It is a festival that celebrates the wine of a different Burgundian village each year.
Stone
The local marbleMarble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
is a sedimentary rock, a limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
which is not susceptible to frost
Frost
Frost is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. It is formed when solid surfaces are cooled to below the dew point of the adjacent air as well as below the freezing point of water. Frost crystals' size differ depending on time and water vapour available. Frost is also usually...
damage. It is fine-grained and capable of accepting a polish. There is a vein of this stone, called popularly, "the Comblanchien", extending from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Nevers
Nevers
Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France...
, which has made the reputations of the quarries
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
of the region. The stone, by the variety of its shades of colour, the pink of bindweed
Bindweed
Bindweed may refer to:* Convolvulaceae , a family including about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species** Calystegia , a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants...
(Convolvulus) and beige
Beige
Beige may be described as an off tan color or an extremely pale brown color.The term originates from beige cloth, a cotton fabric left undyed in its natural color...
and its grain will harmonize with any style.
History
The town owes much to the economic development arising from Cistercian enterprise.Administration
| Mandate | Name | Party | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001-2007 | M. Xavier Dufouleur | ||
| Earlier data are not yet available. | |||
The Town Council (Click on Equipe municipale).
Population
Sights
- A short distance to the east is the Cîteaux AbbeyCîteaux AbbeyCîteaux Abbey is a Roman Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, south of Dijon, France. Today it belongs to the Trappists, or Cistercians of the Strict Observance . The Cistercian order takes its name from this mother house of Cîteaux, earlier Cisteaux, near Nuits-Saint-Georges...
, the mother house of the Cistercian order of monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
s. It was founded in 1098 and has, over the years much influenced Nuits-Saint-Georges. - They built the Château du Clos VougeotClos VougeotClos 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 for red wine from this vineyard. It was named for the River Vouge, which is in fact only a stream separating the village Vougeot from...
and the nearby villages of Saint-Nicolas-lès-CîteauxSaint-Nicolas-lès-CîteauxSaint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.Cîteaux Abbey is located in the commune.-Population:-References:*...
and Saint-BernardSaint-Bernard, Côte-d'OrSaint-Bernard is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
. - Les Bolards is an archaeological site of a trading, crossroads town from the Gallo-Roman period.
- The municipal belfry was built in 1610
- The church of Saint Symphorien was built in the 13th century. It amalgamates the RomanesqueRomanesque architectureRomanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
with the GothicGothic architectureGothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
and contains an early carillonCarillonA carillon is a musical instrument that is typically housed in a free-standing bell tower, or the belfry of a church or other municipal building. The instrument consists of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to play a melody, or sounded together to play a chord...
. In 2005, it is closed for renovation. (Details of the saint appear here.) - In the Church of Saint Denis, there is a fine organ by Aristide Cavaillé-CollAristide Cavaillé-CollAristide Cavaillé-Coll was a French organ builder. He is considered by many to be the greatest organ builder of the 19th century because he combined both science and art to make his instruments...
, a great organ builder of the 19th century who built those of Notre DameNotre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of...
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
Nuits-Saint-Georges is a twin town of HitchinHitchin
Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 30,360.-History:Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people mentioned in a 7th century document, the Tribal Hidage. The tribal name is Brittonic rather than Old English and derives from *siccā, meaning...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Personalities
- François ThurotFrançois ThurotFrançois Thurot was a French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler who terrorised British shipping in the early part of the Seven Years' War....
(1727-1760), privateerPrivateerA privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers... - Paul Cabet (1815-1876), sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
- Félix TisserandFélix TisserandFrançois Félix Tisserand was a French astronomer.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 professor at the lycée at Metz. Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post in the Paris Observatory, which he...
(1845-1896), astronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using... - Maurice BoitelMaurice BoitelMaurice Boitel Maurice Boitel Maurice Boitel (July 31, 1919 – August 11, 2007 in Audresselles (Pas-de-Calais), was a French painter.-Artistic life:Maurice Boitel belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris, with painters like Bernard Buffet, Yves...
(1919), French painter - Georges FaiveleyDomaine FaiveleyDomaine Faiveley is a wine producer in Burgundy, France situated in Nuits-Saint-Georges and established in 1825. Faiveley also runs a négociant business, but this activity is much smaller in volume than the wine production from their own vineyards....
and Camille Rodier, wine merchants, founders of the order of the knights of the Tastewine (Chevaliers du Tastevin)
External links
- Locating Nuits-Saint-Georges on a map of France
- Cartographical information about Nuits-Saint-Georges In French.
- The nearest communes to Nuits-Saint-Georges In French.
Books to read
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).