Saint-Bris-le-Vineux

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Coordinates: 47°44′39″N 3°39′01″E / 47.74416, 3.65027

Administration
Commune of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux
Location

Country	France
Region	Bourgogne
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Auxerre
Canton	Auxerre-Est
Intercommunality	Communauté de l’Auxerrois
Mayor	Jean-Marc Sorin (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	102 m–297 m (avg. 167 m)
Land area^¹	31.23 km²
Population^² (1999)	1,045
- Density	33/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	89337/ 89530
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.

Saint-Bris-le-Vineux is a small, picturesque village in Burgundy, France. It has quite a small population and many of its residents are wine-growers. The village itself is quite near to the larger town of Auxerre. The village is a commune of the Yonne département (89).

1 Demographics
2 Twin Towns
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 1,045.
On 1 January 2007, the estimate was 1,101.

[edit] Twin Towns

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- Schoden, Germany
- Wrea Green, UK

The village is twinned with the town of Schoden, in Germany and has been for quite a number of years.

On the 12 November 2005, Saint-Bris-le-Vineux became officially twinned with a village of around the same size in Lancashire, UK called Wrea Green. A delegation of people came from Wrea Green in November 2005 to sign the twinning agreement, but the first 'exchange' came over Easter 2006, when 43 St-Bris residents visited Britain to familiarise themselves with their new, second, twin town.

On the 27th July 2007, the first large group of Wrea Green villagers made a return trip to France for three days too. This was the first trip open to any Wrea Green resident (as the November 2005 trip was mainly to sign the Twinning Agreement) and many of the community went. It was hailed a success by twinning committees in both villages and plans are already being made for the next exchange next year, when St Bris residents will come to Wrea Green.