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Pommard

Coordinates: 47°00′36″N 4°47′45″E / 47.0100°N 4.7958°E / 47.0100; 4.7958
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Pommard
A general view of Pommard
A general view of Pommard
Coat of arms of Pommard
Location of Pommard
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Pommard is located in France
Pommard
Pommard
Pommard is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pommard
Pommard
Coordinates: 47°00′36″N 4°47′45″E / 47.0100°N 4.7958°E / 47.0100; 4.7958
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementBeaune
CantonLadoix-Serrigny
IntercommunalityCA Beaune Côte et Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacques Frotey[1]
Area
1
10.05 km2 (3.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
443
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21492 /21630
Elevation215–411 m (705–1,348 ft)
(avg. 248 m or 814 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pommard (French pronunciation: [pɔmaʁ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Famous for its Côte de Beaune wine production, Pommard is situated directly south of Beaune along the Route des Grands Crus. The D973 runs through the village from Beaune and then on to Saisy and Autun.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 840—    
1975 754−1.53%
1982 606−3.07%
1990 552−1.16%
1999 594+0.82%
2009 535−1.04%
2014 518−0.64%
2020 449−2.35%
Source: INSEE[3]

Wine

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Like Nuits-Saint-Georges, the name of Pommard was made famous as a marketplace for wines from better areas, in the days before Appellation Controlee. The fact that its name is easy for foreigners to pronounce also helped. 130,000 cases produced from 337 hectares makes it the second biggest area by production after Beaune. 135 hectares of that is Premier Cru, of which Les Epenots and Les Rugiens are the most notable.

Pommard produces purely red wine - no whites.

Village

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The square bell tower of its eighteenth-century church, characterise the village and on the hills that surround Pommard, the vineyards dominate the landscape.

International relations

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Pommard is twinned with Nackenheim, Germany

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
A glass of Pommard wine

Further reading

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  • Coates, Clive (1997) Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy Weidenfeld Nicolson ISBN 0-297-83607-2
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