Mercurey

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Coordinates: 46°50′24″N 4°43′11″E / 46.84, 4.71972222222

Commune of Mercurey

Location
Mercurey (France)
Mercurey
Administration
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.
France

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

  1. ^ Wines from Mercurey. www.wine-searcher.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.