Marsannay-la-Côte

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Administration
Commune of Marsannay-la-Côte
Location
Longitude	04° 59' 22" East
Latitude	47° 16' 17" North
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Canton de Chenôve
Mayor	M. Gérard Laborier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	238 m–477 m (avg. 275 m)
Land area¹	12,85 km²
Population² (1999)	5211
- Density ()	405/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	21390/ 21160
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).

Marsannay-la-Côte is a French commune, situated in the département of Côte-d'Or, in the région of Bourgogne (Burgundy).

1 Geography
2 Administration
3 Wine making
4 Sites and monuments
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Geography

Marsannay-la-Côte contains a strip of vineyards on the slope of the Côte d'Or. The vineyards are the most northerly part of the Burgundy wine region. In the plain of the Saône to the east, large fields are visible. The original village is now flanked by small modern housing developments. There is 186ha of vineyards, 202ha of agricultural land and 523ha of communal woodland on the Jurassic limestone hills to the West.

The village is situated 6km South-East of Dijon and is on the Route des Grands Crus (which loosely translates as the "road of great vineyards") that traverses the Burgundy wine region.

[edit] Administration

List of mayors
Period	Name	Party	Background
March 2001	M. Gérard Laborier
Earlier data are not known

[edit] Wine making

Marsannay-la-Côte vineyards produce wine of all three colours - red (Pinot Noir), white (Chardonnay) and rosé (Pinot Noir) - which is unique in the Burgundy wine region. The vineyards also have a first class wine Commune Appellation of the Côte de Nuits^[1].