Asnières-lès-Dijon
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Fort Brûlé, an old fort in Asnières-lès-Dijon commune
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Asnières-lès-Dijon
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| Coordinates: 47°23′09″N 5°02′44″E / 47.3858°N 5.0456°ECoordinates: 47°23′09″N 5°02′44″E / 47.3858°N 5.0456°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Côte-d'Or | |
| Arrondissement | Dijon | |
| Canton | Fontaine-lès-Dijon | |
| Intercommunality | Val de Norge | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2020) | Patricia Gourmand | |
| Area1 | 4.55 km2 (1.76 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 1,208 | |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21027 /21380 | |
| Elevation | 274–352 m (899–1,155 ft) (avg. 331 m or 1,086 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Asnières-lès-Dijon is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asniérois or Asniéroises.
Asnières-lès-Dijon is located just 8 km north of Dijon. The commune lies between the D903 road which follows its western border from Dijon to Savigny-le-Sec and the D974 which follows the eastern border from Dijon and continues to Til-Châtel. The D104 links the two roads through the village and also continues east to Bellefond. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with a substantial urban area covering some 20% of the commune.
After the defeat of France in 1870-1871, Dijon was chosen with Langres, Besançon, Reims, Laon, and La Fère to be a "second line" of the Séré de Rivières system of defence (the first line being focused on Verdun, Toul, Epinal, and Belfort). A series of forts and military redoubts centred on Dijon city were built from 1875 to 1883: la Motte-Giron, Mont-Afrique, Hauteville, Asnières, Norges, Var, Saint-Apollinaire, and Sennecey-lès-Dijon.
Built between 1876 and 1877, Fort Brûlé had the honour of suffering the first armed clash with Prussia.
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