Marsannay-la-Côte

Marsannay-la-Côte
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°16′17″N 4°59′22″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Chenôve
Intercommunality	Dijon Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Verpillot[1]
Area ^1	12.85 km^2 (4.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,309
• Density	410/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21390 /21160
Elevation	238–477 m (781–1,565 ft) (avg. 275 m or 902 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marsannay-la-Côte (French pronunciation: [maʁsanɛ la kot]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

Marsannay-la-Côte contains a strip of vineyards on the slope of the Côte d'Or. The vineyards are the most northerly part of the Burgundy wine region. In the plain of the Saône to the east, large fields are visible. The original village is now flanked by small modern housing developments. There is 186ha of vineyards, 202ha of agricultural land and 523ha of communal woodland on the Jurassic limestone hills to the West.

The village is situated 6 km South-West of Dijon and is on the Route des Grands Crus (which loosely translates as the "road of great vineyards") that traverses the Burgundy wine region.

Climate

Marsannay-la-Côte has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Marsannay-la-Côte is 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 800.8 mm (31.53 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.7 °C (69.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.2 °C (36.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Marsannay-la-Côte was 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F) on 9 January 1985.

Climate data for Marsannay-la-Côte (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1938−2021)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.0 (60.8)	21.5 (70.7)	25.3 (77.5)	28.5 (83.3)	32.0 (89.6)	39.5 (103.1)	40.0 (104.0)	40.0 (104.0)	34.0 (93.2)	27.5 (81.5)	21.6 (70.9)	17.5 (63.5)	40.0 (104.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.0 (41.0)	7.0 (44.6)	11.8 (53.2)	15.4 (59.7)	19.8 (67.6)	23.6 (74.5)	26.4 (79.5)	25.9 (78.6)	21.3 (70.3)	15.7 (60.3)	9.1 (48.4)	5.6 (42.1)	15.6 (60.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.2 (36.0)	3.4 (38.1)	7.2 (45.0)	10.4 (50.7)	14.7 (58.5)	18.2 (64.8)	20.7 (69.3)	20.2 (68.4)	16.2 (61.2)	11.6 (52.9)	5.9 (42.6)	3.0 (37.4)	11.2 (52.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.7 (30.7)	−0.2 (31.6)	2.7 (36.9)	5.4 (41.7)	9.6 (49.3)	12.8 (55.0)	15.0 (59.0)	14.5 (58.1)	11.0 (51.8)	7.4 (45.3)	2.7 (36.9)	0.3 (32.5)	6.7 (44.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−19.5 (−3.1)	−14.0 (6.8)	−11.5 (11.3)	−4.5 (23.9)	−2.0 (28.4)	4.0 (39.2)	6.0 (42.8)	5.5 (41.9)	1.5 (34.7)	−4.5 (23.9)	−10.5 (13.1)	−16.0 (3.2)	−19.5 (−3.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	65.7 (2.59)	54.4 (2.14)	53.8 (2.12)	59.3 (2.33)	83.0 (3.27)	72.1 (2.84)	63.8 (2.51)	60.2 (2.37)	68.5 (2.70)	71.5 (2.81)	77.2 (3.04)	71.3 (2.81)	800.8 (31.53)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	11.6	9.4	10.1	9.9	11.0	8.6	7.6	8.2	8.3	10.4	11.4	11.9	118.3
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 617 —     1800 584 −0.78% 1806 591 +0.20% 1821 619 +0.31% 1831 703 +1.28% 1836 730 +0.76% 1841 761 +0.84% 1846 832 +1.80% 1851 788 −1.08% 1856 783 −0.13% 1861 840 +1.42% 1866 837 −0.07% 1872 825 −0.24% 1876 819 −0.18% 1881 855 +0.86% 1886 892 +0.85% 1891 875 −0.38% 1896 813 −1.46%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 808 −0.12% 1906 769 −0.98% 1911 743 −0.69% 1921 757 +0.19% 1926 793 +0.93% 1931 895 +2.45% 1936 914 +0.42% 1946 978 +0.68% 1954 1,124 +1.75% 1962 1,872 +6.58% 1968 4,060 +13.77% 1975 6,588 +7.16% 1982 5,941 −1.47% 1990 5,216 −1.61% 1999 5,211 −0.01% 2007 5,158 −0.13% 2012 5,192 +0.13% 2017 5,348 +0.59%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

Administration

List of mayors

Period	Name
1983–2008	Gérard Laborier
2008–2014	Jean-Francois Gondellier
2014–current	Jean-Michel Verpillot

Wine

Main article: Marsannay wine

Marsannay-la-Côte vineyards, which form part of Côte de Nuits, produce wine of all three colours - red (Pinot Noir), white (Chardonnay) and rosé (Pinot Noir) - which is unique for a communal appellation in the Burgundy wine region. The commune's appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) is called Marsannay, without la-Côte.^[6]

Twin towns — sister cities

Marsannay-la-Côte is twinned with:

• Mazy, Belgium (1958)
• Schweich, Germany (1992)

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or département
• Cécile Bart (born 1958), artist based in Marsannay-la-Côte
• Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), born in Marsannay-la-Côte

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Normales et records pour Marsannay la Cote (21)". Meteociel. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Marsannay-la-Côte, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. Vineyards of Marsannay

External links

• Officiel website
• Marsannay-la-Côte tourist office
• Description of Marsannay-la-Côte
• Château de Marsannay