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Location within Burgundy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Beaune |
| Canton | Nuits-Saint-Georges |
| Mayor | Xavier Dufouleur (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 224–516 m (735–1,693 ft) (avg. 234 m/768 ft) |
| Land area1 | 20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 5,516 (2008) |
| - Density | 269 /km2 (700 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21464/ 21700 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Nuits-Saint-Georges is a commune in the arrondissement of Beaune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It lies in the Burgundy region.
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Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the Côte de Nuits wine-producing area of Burgundy. Map of the vineyards and descriptions (Click on the map to enlarge it).
Nuits-Saint-Georges was the site of the traditional Burgundian festival, la Saint-Vincent-Tournante, in 2007. It is a festival that celebrates the wine of a different Burgundian village each year.[1]
The local marble is a sedimentary rock, a limestone which is not susceptible to frost damage. It is fine-grained and capable of accepting a polish. There is a vein of this stone, called popularly, "the Comblanchien", extending from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Nevers, which has made the reputations of the quarries of the region. The stone, by the variety of its shades of colour, the pink of bindweed (Convolvulus) and beige and its grain will harmonize with any style.
The town owes much to the economic development arising from Cistercian enterprise.
| Mandate | Name | Party | Background |
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| March 2001-2007 | M. Xavier Dufouleur | ||
| Earlier data are not yet available. | |||
The Town Council (Click on Equipe municipale).
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 4,059 | — |
| 1968 | 4,386 | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 5,063 | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 5,459 | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 5,569 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 5,573 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 5,516 | −1.0% |
Nuits-Saint-Georges is a twin town of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom.
Both in French.