Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux
Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ nikɔla lɛ sito]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux | |
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Cîteaux Abbey | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux | |
  Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux  Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux | |
| Coordinates: 47°06′56″N 5°03′19″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Beaune |
| Canton | Nuits-Saint-Georges |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Florence Zito[1] |
Area 1 | 28.93 km2 (11.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 385 |
| • Density | 13.3/km2 (34.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21564 /21700 |
| Elevation | 190–227 m (623–745 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cîteaux Abbey is located in the commune.[3]
Geography
Climate
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux is 10.9 °C (51.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 836.7 mm (32.94 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.8 °C (67.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C (36.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux was 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1953−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
35.5 (95.9) |
38.6 (101.5) |
40.0 (104.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.0 (−9.4) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.1 (2.17) |
46.8 (1.84) |
52.8 (2.08) |
65.7 (2.59) |
88.1 (3.47) |
68.3 (2.69) |
68.7 (2.70) |
67.9 (2.67) |
70.6 (2.78) |
80.8 (3.18) |
78.1 (3.07) |
64.9 (2.56) |
807.8 (31.80) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.1 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 119.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 377 | — |
| 1968 | 386 | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 316 | −18.1% |
| 1982 | 331 | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 400 | +20.8% |
| 1999 | 475 | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 454 | −4.4% |
Town partnerships
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux fosters partnerships with the following places:[5]
Roth, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany since 1 June 1991
