Aisey-sur-Seine is located some 12 km south ofChatillon-sur-Seine and about 25 km north-east of Montbard. The commune can be reached by travelling east fromCoulmier-le-Sec on Highway D29 which passes through the heart of the commune and the town before continuing east to join Highway D16 nearSaint-Germain-le-Rocheux. The commune can also be accessed from the north on Highway D971 (the Route de Dijon) fromNod-sur-Seine. Highway D971 continues through the town and commune south toSaint-Marc-sur-Seine. Other highways entering the commune are the D101A fromChemin-d'Aisey in the south-west and the D29C cross-country road from Nod-sur-Seine which joins Highway D29 in the commune. The commune has large areas of forest - especially in the east and the south with some farmland on the western side.[3]
The commune is traversed by theSeine river which forms part of the south-eastern boundary before passing northwards through the town then along a part of the northern border before continuing north toChamesson. The Brevon Stream which forms the south-eastern boundary of the commune joins the Seine near the intersection of Highway D29 and D101 (a side road from the D971).[3]
The village was served by a light railway line to metre gauge from 1891 to 1933 that linked the village toChâtillon-sur-Seine,Dijon andBaigneux-les-Juifs, operated byChemins de fer départementaux de la Côte-d'Or
Quarterly, first of Gules a saltire couped debruised by a pallet couped, all of Or; the second Azure of three fleurs-de-lis of Or 2 and 1 and a bendlet couped of Gules; the third Azure with lion of Or; the fourth Or with a tree Vert eradicated in chief Gules charged with a mullet of Or between two roundels the same.
TheParish Church of Saint-Genest at Grande Rue (19th century).[31] The church contains a very large number of items that are registered as historical objects.[31]
^Élisabeth Sirot,Noble and Fortified houses - the lordly habitats in the Middle Ages from the mid-12th to the beginning of the 16th centuries, Editions Picard, 2007,ISBN978-2-7084-0770-1, passage 71.
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