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Meursault
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| Commune of Meursault | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 04° 46' 16" E |
| Latitude | 46° 58' 44" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Beaune |
| Canton | Savines-le-Lac |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Monnier (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 199 m–458 m (avg. 243 m) |
| Land area¹ | 16.22 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,598 |
| - Density (1999) | 98/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21412/ 21190 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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- Meursault is also the name of the main character in Albert Camus' novel The Stranger
Meursault is a French commune, situated in the département of the Côte-d'Or and the région of Burgundy.
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The Vignoble de Meursault is a cru of the Côte de Beaune which lies along the foot of the Cote-d'Or escarpment, around Beaune and with the broad Saône valley plain to its east. It produces mainly white Burgundy wine.
| Year | Name | Party | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | M. Jean-Claude Monnier | ||
| Earlier data are not yet known. | |||
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 1831 | 1733 | 1645 | 1538 | 1598 |
| Figures returned beginning in 1962 : Population without duplication | |||||