Meursault
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Commune of Meursault |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Beaune |
| Canton | Savines-le-Lac |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Monnier (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 199 m–458 m (avg. 243 m) |
| Land area¹ | 16.22 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,598 |
| - Density | 98/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 21412/ 21190 |
| 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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- Meursault is also the name of the main character in Albert Camus' novel The Stranger
Meursault is a French commune, situated in the département of the Côte-d'Or and the région of Burgundy.
Meursault is also a band from Arlington, Massachusetts, formed in 2007. Meursault's Myspace Page
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[edit] Geography and viticulture
Meursault is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) situated in the Côte de Beaune subregion of the Burgundy wine region. It lies along the foot of the Cote-d'Or escarpment, around Beaune and with the broad Saône valley plain to its east. Meursault produces mainly white wines from Chardonnay grapes, primarily in a style with a clear oak influence, which have led to descriptions such as "buttery" to be applied to powerful examples of Meursault wines. Within the Meursault AOC there are some Premier Cru vineyards, but no Grand Cru. This has however not stopped the wines from Meursault from competing with the white burgundies from the villages Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet, where several Grands Crus are situated.
[edit] Administration
| Year | Name | Party | Background |
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| March 2001 | M. Jean-Claude Monnier | ||
| Earlier data are not yet known. | |||
[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 1793 | 1831 | 1733 | 1645 | 1538 | 1598 |
| Figures returned beginning in 1962 : Population without duplication | |||||
