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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; 4.79
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Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
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Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye is located in France
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Coordinates: 47°26′30″N 4°47′24″E / 47.4417°N 4.79°E / 47.4417; 4.79
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementDijon
CantonFontaine-lès-Dijon
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Fabien Cordier[1]
Area
1
3.84 km2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
364
 • Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21573 /21440
Elevation429–570 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.

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɛn labe.i]) 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 of Saint-Seine) and 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.[3]

The abbey was founded by Saint Sequanus in the 6th century.[4]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962352—    
1968358+1.7%
1975352−1.7%
1982309−12.2%
1990326+5.5%
1999355+8.9%
2008364+2.5%

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Information"
  4. ^ Butler, Alban (1 December 1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints (New Full ed.). St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota: Christian Classics. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-8146-2385-9.