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| Coordinates:47°13′38″N4°58′05″E / 47.2272°N 4.9681°E /47.2272; 4.9681 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Beaune |
| Canton | Longvic |
| Intercommunality | Gevrey-Chambertin et Nuits-Saint-Georges |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Christophe Lucand[1] |
Area 1 | 24.77 km2 (9.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,983 |
| • Density | 120.4/km2 (311.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21295 /21220 |
| Elevation | 212–510 m (696–1,673 ft) (avg. 287 m or 942 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Gevrey-Chambertin (French pronunciation:[ʒəvʁɛʃɑ̃bɛʁtɛ̃]) is acommune in theCôte-d'Ordepartment of France in theBourgogne-Franche-Comtéregion in easternFrance.[3]
It lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south ofDijon. This touristy, winemaking village is situated on theRoute des Grands Crus in theCôte de Nuits. The village is noted for theGrand cruBurgundy wine that is produced from its vineyards, the most famous of which isChambertin.
Gevrey-Chambertin is one of the wine villages of theCôte de Nuits which lies along the foot of theCôte-d'Or escarpment, to the south ofDijon and with the broadSaône valley plain to its east. It produces redBurgundy wine from vineyards at the village,Premier Cru andGrand Cru level.
The vineyards on the slope of theCôte d'Or form a strip below and east of the woodland on the Jurassic limestone hills. In the plain of the Saône to the east, there are large fields. The commune is also traversed by theA31 road and the railway from Dijon to the south with a largemarshalling yard(Gevrey-Triage). There is also a stretch ofRoman road from Dijon to the southern end of the Forest of Cîteaux, to the south ofthe abbey.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,613 | — |
| 1975 | 3,001 | +2.00% |
| 1982 | 2,582 | −2.13% |
| 1990 | 2,825 | +1.13% |
| 1999 | 3,258 | +1.60% |
| 2007 | 3,120 | −0.54% |
| 2012 | 3,070 | −0.32% |
| 2017 | 3,087 | +0.11% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
[citation needed] As in the Île de France and the South of France, vines in Burgundy were planted very early on. Only in Gevrey-Chambertin, however, have archaeological digs been able to findGallo-Roman vines dating back to the 1st Century BC. The outline of 120 vine stocks was discovered in 2008, during the expansion of a residential development that was updating 300 septic tanks all lined up in an area of 6 km2. This archaeological discovery corroborates with texts written byPliny the Elder andColumella, making it credible that the Gallo-Roman vines in Gevrey-Chambertin were the first vines to be planted in Bourgogne. The vines were planted in rows, just as they would be today, but the choice of land used and its exposure were quite different: the Gallo-Roman vines were planted on plains, as opposed to the terraces that most of today's Côtes de Nuits is grown on. Furthermore, wines made from these vines would have had a different taste, notably because the Gallo-Romans added spices as preservatives.
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| Period | Name | Party |
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| 1977–2014 | Jean-Claude Robert | Socialist Party |
| 2014–2020 | Bernard Moyne | Socialist Party |
| 2020–2026 | Christophe Lucand | Socialist Party |
TheGevrey-Chambertin winemaking area on the Route des Grands Crus of Côte de Nuits is one of the most well known areas in thewine region of Burgundy. 310 hectares (770 acres) of vineyards planted toPinot noir grapes are used to produce the village's red wine.
Gevrey-Chambertin is the source of 9 out of 33Burgundy Grand crusAOC wines:Chambertin 12.9 ha,Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze 15.4 ha,Chapelle-Chambertin 5.5 ha,Charmes-Chambertin 30.8 ha,Mazis-Chambertin 9.1 ha,Mazoyères-Chambertin 1.72 ha,Griotte-Chambertin 2.7 ha,Latricières-Chambertin 7.3 ha,Ruchottes-Chambertin 3.3 ha. Gevrey-Chambertin wines havehigh ageing potential (10 to 20 years, longer for some exceptions).
The commune is twinned withNierstein in theRheinhessen wine region of Germany, and with theBelgian townSpy in theNamur province. TheAlbasso choir received theSarteline choir ofSart-Bernard,Namur, from 24 to 25 March 2007. In its turn, the Gevrey-Chambertin choir went to Belgium from 1 to 2 March 2009. A return visit of the Belgian choir to the commune is currently being discussed.
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