Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɛn labe.i]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Commune
A general view of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye
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Coordinates: 47°26′30″N 4°47′24″E / 47.4417°N 4.79°E / 47.4417; 4.79
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Fontaine-lès-Dijon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Cordier^[1]
Area ^1	3.84 km^2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	364
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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%

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

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". 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.

 

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