Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye (21).svg |
Arrondissement: | Dijon |
Canton: | Fontaine-lès-Dijon |
Insee: | 21573 |
Postal Code: | 21440 |
Mayor: | Fabien Cordier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 47.4417°N 4.79°W |
Elevation Min M: | 429 |
Elevation Max M: | 570 |
Area Km2: | 3.84 |
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye (in French pronounced as /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.[2]
The abbey was founded by Saint Sequanus in the 6th century.[3]