Saint-Apollinaire is a commune

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 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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Population

Sport and culture

Saint-Apollinaire is home to a small concentration of some of the best sporting facilities in the Greater 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....

 area. The sports complex to the south-east of the town is of major importance on the scale of Greater 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....

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The town is represented in rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 by ASC Saint Apollinaire-Talant RC

ASC Saint Apollinaire-Talant RC

ASC Saint Apollinaire-Talant RC is a French amateur rugby union club based in Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or on the outskirts of Dijon in Burgundy, in eastern central France. They have two senior sides that compete in Fédérale 3, and the equivalent Réserve Fédérale 3 competition...

, currently in Fédérale 3

Fédérale 3

Fédérale 3 is the fifth division of rugby union in France. The competition involves 226 clubs in 21 pools of 8, and winners can progress up into higher division of competition. The competition above Fédérale 3 is Fédérale 2 and above that, Fédérale 1...

; the fifth tier of French rugby.