Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɛn labe.i]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
A general view of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Location of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Coordinates: 47°26′30″N 4°47′24″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementDijon
CantonFontaine-lès-Dijon
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Fabien Cordier
Area
1
3.84 km2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
372
  Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21573 /21440
Elevation429–570 m (1,407–1,870 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is also a place steeped in history with its archaeological sites, the goddess Sequana; nymph Sources close to the Seine and Alesia, the remnants of its ancient abbey (the Abbey of Saint-Seine) and the abbey church, a jewel of Gothic art primitive Burgundy and its rich rural heritage: the 1856 school converted into a museum, flower laundries, foundries, crucifixes, mills.[2]

The abbey was founded by Saint Sequanus in the 6th century.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962352    
1968358+1.7%
1975352−1.7%
1982309−12.2%
1990326+5.5%
1999355+8.9%
2008364+2.5%

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. "Information"
  3. Butler, Alban (December 1, 1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints (New Full ed.). St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota: Christian Classics. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-8146-2385-9.


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