Comblanchien

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Commune of Comblanchien
Location
Longitude	04° 55' 19" E
Latitude	47° 06' 08" N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Beaune
Canton	Nuits-Saint-Georges
Mayor	Pierre Blondan (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	213 m–351 m (avg. 220 m)
Land area¹	3.61 km²
Population² (1999)	633
- Density (1999)	175/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	21186/ 21700
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Comblanchien is a village and commune, just to the south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Burgundy.

[edit] Geology

Comblanchien lies in the Côte d'Or escarpment. The Jurassic limestone of the Côte includes a pink-veined marble called Pierre de Comblanchien which was laid down in the Bathonian epoch.

The stone has characteristics similar to those of marble and is notable for the variety of its shades of colour, the pink of bindweed (Convolvulus) and beige. Its veining harmonizes with any decorative style. It is not susceptible to frost damage, is fine-grained and capable of accepting a polish. It may be slippery if used polished, as a flooring. Its most notable use was in l'Opéra in Paris. The quarries lie in the Côte overlooking Route Nationale 74, north and south of the village and similar stones are found in other places along the same vein.