Seurre is a small French town of 2326 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2018) in the Côte-d’Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.Until 2015, Seurre was the capital (chef-lieu) of the canton of the same name in the arrondissement of Beaune.
Situated in an idyllic location on the Saône, it has a small marina. Despite a turbulent history, during which parts of the town were destroyed, there are still several buildings worth seeing in the old town, including an old hospice (Hôtel-Dieu). Another of these older houses houses a museum of local history and a tourist office. The church of St Martin is remarkable both for its architecture and for its Julien Tribuot organ of 1699 and its carillon of 47 bells.
On the outskirts of the town is the open-air museum L’étang rouge, which displays reconstructed old village houses of the Saône valley.
Tourism is an important industry in Seurre, there are two hotels, two chambres d’hôte pensions and three campsites. Well-developed country roads lead from Seurre to other places worth seeing, Chalon-sur-Saône and Citeaux are worth mentioning.
Population development
Year
1962
1968
1975
1982
1990
1999
2007
2016
Inhabitants
2396
2683
2822
2694
2728
2666
2473
2381
Sources: Cassini and INSEE
Sons and daughters of the city
Robert Blot (1907-1989) violinist, conductor and music teacher
Web links
Commons: Seurre– Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
