Pouilly-en-Auxois

French commune
nomcommune=Pouilly-en-Auxois
région=Bourgogne
département=Côte-d'Or
arrondissement=Beaune
canton=Pouilly-en-Auxois
insee=21501
cp=21320
maire=Monique Garnier
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=4.55638888889
latitude=47.2633333333
alt moy=384 m
alt mini=369
alt maxi=560 m
hectares=1012
km²=10.12
sans=1502
date-sans=1999
dens=148
date-dens=1999

Pouilly-en-Auxois is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It is best known as the summit of the Canal of Burgundy, which passes in a tunnel underneath the town.

The town was originally sited on the "St Pierre" hilltop surrounding a (now vanished) castle and walls built by the Dukes of Burgundy and the 13th/14th century Chapelle de Notre Dame Trouvée (Chapel of Our Lady Found). Beginning in the 16th century the town was rebuilt further down in the valley and in 1868 the new St Pierre church was built in what is now the city center. From the 12th century, the town was a regional agricultural center, specializing in wheat and later hemp, oils, skins, wool and sheep.

The town features an unusual tower called "The Dove Cote", dating from the 15th century, the interior walls of which contain 1200 pigeon holes.

ee also

*Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."