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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) |
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| Elevation | 199 m–458 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Bourgogne ( English: Burgundy is one of the 26 regions of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France. History Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Beaune is an arrondissement of France located in the Côte-d'Or département, in the Bourgogne The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. Savines-le-Lac is a canton in the Arrondissement of Gap in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 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. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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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. Albert Camus ( (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 was an Algerian born French Author, philosopher, and journalist who won the Nobel prize The Stranger, or The Outsider, (from the French L’Étranger, 1942 is a Novel by Albert Camus This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France. History Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Burgundy (Bourgogne Burgund is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland, inhabited in turn by Celts ( Gauls)
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Geography and viticulture
Meursault is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) situated in the Côte de Beaune subregion of the Burgundy wine region. Appellation d’origine contrôlée ( AOC) which translates as "controlled term of origin" is the French certification granted to certain French The Côte de Beaune area is the southern part of the Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is home to the great names of Burgundy wine. Burgundy wine ( is wine made in the Burgundy region in eastern France. It lies along the foot of the Cote-d'Or escarpment, around Beaune and with the broad Saône valley plain to its east. The Côte d'Or (English Golden hillside is a limestone Escarpment in Burgundy, France that lends its name to the department which In Geomorphology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves a sharp steep Elevation differential characterized Beaune is a commune in eastern France, a Sub-prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne region The Saône (son ( Sona in Arpitan) is a River of eastern France. 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. Chardonnay is a green-skinned Grape variety used to make white Wine. The use of Oak in Wine plays a significant role in Winemaking and can have a profound effect on the resulting wine impacting the color flavor Within the Meursault AOC there are some Premier Cru vineyards, but no Grand Cru. Premier Cru is a French language wine term corresponding to "First Growth" and which can be used to refer to classified Vineyards wineries and A grand cru ( French for great growth) is a Regional wine classification that designates a Vineyard known for its favorable reputation in producing 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. Chassagne-Montrachet is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Puligny-Montrachet is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France
Administration
| Year | Name | Party | Background |
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| March 2001 | M. Events in March American Red Cross Month Fire Prevention month ( The Philippines) Women's History Month ( United Jean-Claude Monnier | ||
| Earlier data are not yet known. | |||
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 | |||||
See also
External links
Band Links
Wine links
Others
- Location of Meursault on the map of France
- Cartographical details. In French. The following is a list of the 707 communes of the Côte-d'Or département in France. The route des Grands Crus (roughly "road of the great Wines quot is the name of a tourist route situated in Burgundy, France. French wine is produced in several regions throughout France, on over 800000 Hectares (over 2 million Acres of Vineyards and in a typical
- Plan of Meursault on Mapquest
- Meursault Tourist Office In French.
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