Chenôve

Chenôve (French pronunciation: [ʃənov]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France.

Chenôve
Commune
Winepress of the Dukes of Burgundy
Coat of arms
Location of Chenôve
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Coordinates: 47°17′30″N 5°00′29″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Chenôve
Intercommunality	Dijon Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Falconnet[1]
Area 1	7.42 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	14,299
• Density	1,930/km2 (4,990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21166 /21300
Elevation	238–392 m (781–1,286 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Until 1955, it was a small scale wine-growing village, when it was absorbed into the urban conglomeration of Dijon. It is now the most populous suburb of the city of Dijon, located adjacent to the city's southwest side.

With about 14,000 inhabitants, Chenôve is the third largest urban area in the Côte-d'Or and the second largest economy in Dijon. Local Cheneveliers (residents of Chenôve) call themselves the "bombis", which is patois for "good bread".

Geography

To the west of Chenôve, above the old town, is the Plateau of Chenôve, which reaches an altitude of 387 m. It has views of the city, its surroundings, and the distant plains of the Saône and Jura. In good weather it allows views of the contours of Mont Blanc. The plateau extends over 240 hectares with a great landscape diversity – alternating valleys, forests of Austrian pines, oak, ash, shrubland, and vast flat plains peppered with groves. It has rich Mediterranean flora.^{[citation needed]}

In addition, there are the ancient limestone quarries in Chenôve, from which many of the monuments in Dijon were built.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 612 —     1800 665 +1.19% 1806 632 −0.84% 1821 684 +0.53% 1831 771 +1.20% 1836 767 −0.10% 1841 793 +0.67% 1846 784 −0.23% 1851 759 −0.65% 1856 786 +0.70% 1861 778 −0.20% 1866 819 +1.03% 1872 745 −1.57% 1876 739 −0.20% 1881 721 −0.49% 1886 776 +1.48% 1891 812 +0.91% 1896 780 −0.80%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 800 +0.51% 1906 781 −0.48% 1911 818 +0.93% 1921 870 +0.62% 1926 1,100 +4.80% 1931 1,726 +9.43% 1936 2,504 +7.73% 1946 2,763 +0.99% 1954 3,829 +4.16% 1962 5,517 +4.67% 1968 17,155 +20.81% 1975 21,448 +3.24% 1982 19,389 −1.43% 1990 17,721 −1.12% 1999 16,257 −0.95% 2007 14,841 −1.13% 2012 13,959 −1.22% 2017 13,910 −0.07%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Criminality

In 2025, at the Pierre Semard place, a man is killed.^[5] Few days earlier, another is shot, in a suburb of Dijon,^[6] in addition of another ones admitted to hospital.^[7]

Administration

List of Mayors (since 1978)

1. Roland Carraz, Socialist Party, March 1978 - March 1995
2. Roland Carraz, Citizen and Republican Movement, March 1995 - December 1999 (died in office)
3. Jean Esmonin, Socialist Party, December 1999 – present

Wine

The vineyards of Chenôve are part of the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) Marsannay.

Notable people

• Mark Karpelès, CEO of Mt. Gox

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department