Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

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Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

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Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Coordinates: 47°26′30″N 4°47′24″E / 47.4417°N 4.79°E / 47.4417; 4.79Coordinates: 47°26′30″N 4°47′24″E / 47.4417°N 4.79°E / 47.4417; 4.79
Country France
Region Burgundy
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Dijon
Canton Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Daniel Malgras
Area
  Land1 3.84 km2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 364
  Population2 Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 21573 / 21440
Elevation 429–570 m (1,407–1,870 ft)

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.

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

It is also a place steeped in history with its archaeological sites, the goddess Sequana; nymph Sources close to the Seine and Alesia, the remnants of its ancient abbey, the abbey church, a jewel of Gothic art primitive Burgundy and its rich rural heritage: the 1856 school converted into a museum, flower laundries, foundries, crucifixes, mills.[1]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 352    
1968 358+1.7%
1975 352−1.7%
1982 309−12.2%
1990 326+5.5%
1999 355+8.9%
2008 364+2.5%

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