Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux

(2020–2026) Florence Zito^[1]Area

28.93 km² (11.17 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

393 • Density14/km² (35/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

21564 /21700

Elevation190–227 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 (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

Historical 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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cîteaux" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 395.
^ "Normales et records pour St Nic. Citeaux (21)". Meteociel. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^ Partnership with Roth