Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

(2020–2026) Fabien Cordier^[1]Area

3.84 km² (1.48 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

364 • Density95/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

21573 /21440

Elevation429–570 m (1,407–1,870 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɛn labe.i]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

It is also a place steeped in history with its archaeological sites, the goddess Sequana; nymph Sources close to the Seine and Alesia, the remnants of its ancient abbey (the Abbey of Saint-Seine) and the abbey church, a jewel of Gothic art primitive Burgundy and its rich rural heritage: the 1856 school converted into a museum, flower laundries, foundries, crucifixes, mills.^[3]

The abbey was founded by Saint Sequanus in the 6th century.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	352	—
1968	358	+1.7%
1975	352	−1.7%
1982	309	−12.2%
1990	326	+5.5%
1999	355	+8.9%
2008	364	+2.5%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Information"
^ Butler, Alban (1 December 1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints (New Full ed.). St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota: Christian Classics. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-8146-2385-9.