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Époisses is a commune in France, situated within the Côte-d’Or department and the arrondissement of Montbard. It is located in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and falls under the canton of Semur-en-Auxois. The municipality has an area of 21.72 square kilometers and shares borders with Corsaint, Torcy-et-Pouligny, Toutry, and Vieux-Château. Its postal code is 21460.
The population of Époisses is recorded as 820, comprising 392 males and 404 females. Another source lists the population as 759. The commune is twinned with Lörzweiler. Elevation data varies between sources, with figures of 321 meters and 266 meters above sea level. The official name is Époisses, and it is described in the Pauly–Wissowa source.
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Place details
- Locality
- Époisses
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 759
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Department
- Côte-d'Or
- Arrondissement
- Montbard
- Canton
- Semur-en-Auxois
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jean-Marie Virely
- Area
- 21.72 km (8.39 sq mi)
- Density
- 32.9/km (85.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 21247 /21460
- Elevation
- 233–321 m (764–1,053 ft) , (avg. 266 m or 873 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Époisses
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Montbard
- Population
- 724
- Area
- 21.72
- Elevation
- 272
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Guillon-Terre-Plaine
- Official website
- www.epoisses.fr
- Image
- Château d'Époisses (cour d'honneur).jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Lörzweiler
- Commons category
- Époisses
- postal code
- 21460
- associated electoral district
- canton of Semur-en-Auxois
- male population
- 392
- female population
- 404
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-80-96-44-09
- fax number
- +33-3-80-96-33-83
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|300px|Château d'Époisses
See
The Château d'Epoisses (pictured in this article) is well worth looking at. The Church of Saint-Symphorien d'Epoisses is a harmonious and somewhat austere construction, with a nice 15th-century pieta inside.
Buy
thumb|250px|A typically runny piece of Époisses cheese with some bread and Burgundy wine
Eat
While in Époisses, try Époisses de Bourgogne cheese, which is strong and runny and made from raw cow's milk. In addition,it comes with some bread and Burgundy wine.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Époisses ( French pronunciation: [epwas] ) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France, located around halfway between Dijon and Auxerre.
The village is known for its Époisses cheese, a pungent unpasteurized cow's-milk cheese.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Époisses” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.