Chorey-les-Beaune
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Commune of Chorey-les-Beaune |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Beaune |
| Canton | Beaune-Sud |
| Intercommunality | Beaune Côte et Sud |
| Mayor | Daniel Maillard (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 199 m–245 m (avg. 217 m) |
| Land area¹ | 5.59 km² |
| Population² (2002) |
520 |
| - Density | 92/km² (2002) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 21173/ 21200 |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Chorey-les-Beaune is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It lies northeast of the city of Beaune on the plain of the Saône just to the east of the A31 autoroute.
[edit] Wine
The wines of Chorey-les-Beaune, while technically within the Côte d'Or, grow on the relatively flat land of the Saone plain rather than on the slopes. The soils are composed mostly of Quaternary detrital and alluvial fills and the wines tend to be thinner and less complex than those grown on the Jurassic limestone, gravels and marls of the slopes where the better quality wines of the Côte d'Or come from.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Fanet, Jacuqes Great Wine Terroirs, University of California Press, Berkeley (2004) pp. 39-42.
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