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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 · Italiano
Semur-en-Auxois /səmyʁɑ̃no'swa/ è un comune francese di 4.107 abitanti situato nel dipartimento della Côte-d'Or nella regione Borgogna-Franca Contea.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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