Gevrey-Chambertin

French commune
nomcommune=Gevrey-Chambertin
Vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin
région=Bourgogne
département=Côte-d'Or
arrondissement=Dijon
canton=Gevrey-Chambertin
insee=21295
cp=21220
maire=Jean-Claude Robert
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=4.96805555556
latitude=47.2272222222
alt moy=287 m
alt mini=212
alt maxi=510 m
hectares=2477
km²=24.77
sans=3258
date-sans=1999
dens=131
date-dens=1999

Gevrey-Chambertin is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.

Geography

The Vignoble de Gevrey-Chambertin is a "cru" of the Côte de Nuits which lies along the foot of the Cote-d'Or escarpment, to the south of Dijon and with the broad Saône valley plain to its east. It produces a red Burgundy wine.

[http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=47.220967,4.983673&spn=0.079629,0.157928&t=k This satellite photograph] shows Gevrey Chambertin in its context. The village is just to the north of centre. The strip of vineyards on the slope of the Côte d'Or lies north and south in the centre while to its west is the woodland on the Jurassic limestone hills. In the plain of the Saône to the east, the large fields are visible. The curving line is the autoroute, A31. To the west of this, the straight line through the village is the railway from Dijon to the South with a large marshalling yard "(Gevrey-Triage)". The north-south line of property boundaries to the east of the A31 appears to be the line of a Roman road from Dijon to the southern end of the Forest of Cîteaux, to the south of the abbey.

Administration

ites and monuments

*Castle of Montculot-Lamartine (XVIIIth century), formerly property of french romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine. Il belonged also to famous commodore de Roquefeuil's family, who fought during the Seven Years War on his vessel "la Belle Poule";
*small 13th century inhabited castle at the higher end of the village. There is a photograph of the château in the 'Details of the wines' link below.
*beautiful 12th century church

Notable people

Maurice Boitel, 20th century painter. See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Boitel French page.]

Grand Crus

There are eight grand cru vineyards within or near the boundaries of Gevrey-Chambertin. These include
*Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
*Charmes-Chambertin
*Chapelle-Chambertin
*Griotte-Chambertin
*Latricières-Chambertin
*Le Chambertin
*Mazis-Chambertin
*Ruchottes-Chambertin

ee also

* Communes of the Côte-d'Or département
* Chambertin
* French wine
* Route des Grands Crus
* Château de Gevrey-Chambertin

External links

Wine links

* [http://www.gevrey-chambertin.com/index_uk.html Details of the wines]

Others

* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=210295 Locating Gevrey-Chambertin on the map of France]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=47.2272222222222&longitude=4.96805555555556&zoom=8 Plan of Gevrey-Chambertin on Mapquest. In English.]
* [http://www.ot-gevreychambertin.fr/indexgb.php Tourist information. In English.]
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=22770 Cartographical details. In French.]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=21295&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Demographic figures. In French.]
* [http://www.insee.fr/fr/nom_def_met/nomenclatures/cog/CarteC.asp?numreg=26&numdep=21&numar=2&numct=15+#res map of the communes of the Gevrey-Chambertin canton]
* [http://www.gevrey-chambertin.com/index_uk.html Official site. In English.]