Mercurey
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Commune of Mercurey |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Chalon-sur-Saône |
Canton | Givry |
Mayor | Dominique Juillot (1995 - 2014) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 206 m–391 m (avg. 236 m) |
Land area¹ | 15,44 km² |
Population² (1999) |
1,269 |
- Density | 82/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 71294/ 71640 |
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. | |
Mercurey is a town and commune in the Saône-et-Loire département, in France.
It is the largest wine-producing area of the Côte Chalonnaise and contains 30 premier cru vineyards. Around 90% of the wine produced is red, from the Pinot noir grape.[1]
[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 1,269.
The estimation for 2006 was 1,310.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Wines from Mercurey. www.wine-searcher.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.