Semur-en-Auxois

Also known as Semur

französische Gemeinde im Département Côte-d’Or

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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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Place details

Locality: Semur-en-Auxois
Region: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country: France
Population: 5,124

Travel guide

Get in

thumb|300px|Towers of Semur Semur-en-Auxois is not accessible via plane or train.

Get around

The town is easily walkable; many of the streets within the medieval walls are open to pedestrians only. There is also a tourism office near one of the historic gates to the city, which now leads to the tourist area.

See

thumb|300px|General view of the town, with the church in the middle ground

Do

thumb|St. Luke, as depicted on the façade of the Collégiale Notre-Dame Discover Semur-en-Auxois by following the roadbook called "Sans les armes sur la piste du lion", available at the tourist information office for €1.50). Take good shoes as the path brings you out of the city for a 2- to 3-hour walk.

Buy

There is a little open-air market on each Sunday morning, near the church. Local vegetables, cheese, honey, etc. Everything is fresh and delicious.

Eat

thumbnail|Inside the Fontenay Abbey

Go next

Époisses (13 km to the west), a village famous for its eponymous cheese. The Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (about 15 km north), listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Article · Deutsch

Semur-en-Auxois ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 4120 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Côte-d’Or. Bis zu seinem Tod unter der Guillotine 1793 war das Schloss seines Geburtsortes im Besitz des Louis Marie Florent de Lomont d'Haraucourt, duc du Châtelet.

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