Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux | |
|---|---|
 Cîteaux Abbey | |
.svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux | |
  Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux Location within France  Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Coordinates: 47°06′56″N 5°03′19″E / 47.1156°N 5.0553°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. | |
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ nikɔla lɛ sito]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
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 (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1953−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.6 (101.5) |
40.0 (104.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
11.2 (52.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
6.1 (42.9) |
| 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) | 58.3 (2.30) |
49.5 (1.95) |
53.7 (2.11) |
61.9 (2.44) |
80.2 (3.16) |
66.6 (2.62) |
72.4 (2.85) |
69.4 (2.73) |
65.0 (2.56) |
83.4 (3.28) |
86.3 (3.40) |
67.1 (2.64) |
813.8 (32.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 118.4 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 386 | — |
| 1975 | 316 | −2.82% |
| 1982 | 331 | +0.66% |
| 1990 | 400 | +2.40% |
| 1999 | 475 | +1.93% |
| 2007 | 463 | −0.32% |
| 2012 | 415 | −2.17% |
| 2017 | 427 | +0.57% |
| 2023 | 385 | −1.71% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Town partnerships
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux fosters partnerships with the following places:[6]
Roth, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany since 1 June 1991
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 395.
- ↑ "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Partnership with Roth
