Renève

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Commune of Renève
Location
Longitude 05° 24' 23" E
Latitude 47° 24' 15" N
Administration
Country France
Région Bourgogne
Département Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Dijon
Canton Mirebeau-sur-Bèze
Mayor Michel Grey
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 196 m–241 m
(avg. 200 m)
Land area¹ 14.4 km²
Population²
(1999)
414
 - Density (1999) 28/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 21522/ 21310
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).
France

Renève is a small town and commune of the Côte-d'Or département, in France.

The town is famous chiefly as the site of Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia's torture and execution in 613, the aged monarch being racked for three days, and then torn apart by horses.