Semur-en-Auxois
Also known as Semur
Semur-en-Auxois (, ) is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The politician François Patriat, the engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and Émile Dorand (1866-1922), and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720–1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois, while the military engineer Vauban (1633–1707) was educated at the Carmelite college.
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Semur-en-Auxois is a French commune located in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The town is notable as the birthplace or education site of several historically significant figures, including the politician François Patriat, engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné and Émile Dorand, the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard, and the military engineer Vauban.
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- Locality
- Semur-en-Auxois
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,124
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Semur-en-Auxois (, ) is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The politician François Patriat, the engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and Émile Dorand (1866-1922), and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720–1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois, while the military engineer Vauban (1633–1707) was educated at the Carmelite college.
Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink granite bluff more than half-encircled by the River Armançon. The river formerly provided motive power for tanneries and mills, but its flow is now somewhat reduced by the Lac de Pont. The dam was built upstream in the 19th century to provide water for the Canal de Bourgogne.
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