Époisses
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| Commune of Époisses | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 04° 10' 28" East |
| Latitude | 47° 30' 28" North |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Région | Bourgogne |
| Département | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Montbard |
| Canton | Semur-en-Auxois |
| Mayor | Marcel Chastang (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 233 m–321 m (avg. 266 m) |
| Land area¹ | 21.72 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
721 |
| - Density (1999) | 33/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21247/ 21460 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Époisses is a village and commune in the Côte-d'Or département of France, located around halfway between Dijon and Auxerre.
The village is most famous for its namesake cheese, Époisses de Bourgogne, a pungent unpasteurized cows-milk cheese.
