Pouilly-en-Auxois
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Pouilly-en-Auxois | |
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 Canal of Burgundy tunnel | |
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Location of Pouilly-en-Auxois  | |
  Pouilly-en-Auxois  Pouilly-en-Auxois | |
| Coordinates: 47°15′48″N 4°33′23″E / 47.2633°N 4.5564°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Beaune |
| Canton | Arnay-le-Duc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Piesvaux[1] |
Area 1 | 10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,554 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21501 /21320 |
| Elevation | 369–560 m (1,211–1,837 ft) (avg. 384 m or 1,260 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pouilly-en-Auxois (French pronunciation: [puji ɑ̃.n‿o(k)swa] ⓘ, lit. 'Pouilly in Auxois') is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
It is the summit of the Canal of Burgundy, which passes in a tunnel under the town.
Climate
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.
Pouilly-en-Auxois has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Pouilly-en-Auxois is 10.5 °C (50.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 872.3 mm (34.34 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.1 °C (66.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C (36.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pouilly-en-Auxois was 39.2 °C (102.6 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.2 °C (−0.8 °F) on 20 December 2009.
| Climate data for Pouilly-en-Auxois (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1991−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.1 (102.4) |
39.2 (102.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.7 (7.3) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
4.3 (39.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.5 (2.78) |
55.5 (2.19) |
59.3 (2.33) |
69.5 (2.74) |
83.5 (3.29) |
71.9 (2.83) |
75.0 (2.95) |
68.5 (2.70) |
73.0 (2.87) |
83.3 (3.28) |
89.0 (3.50) |
73.3 (2.89) |
872.3 (34.34) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.2 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 134.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,046 | — |
| 1968 | 1,136 | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 1,198 | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 1,396 | +16.5% |
| 1990 | 1,372 | −1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,496 | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 1,507 | +0.7% |
Economy
From the twelfth century, the town was a regional agricultural center, specializing in wheat and later hemp, oils, skins, wool and sheep.
