Pommard

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

(2020–2026) Jacques Frotey^[1]Area10.05 km² (3.88 sq mi)Population443 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation215–411 m (705–1,348 ft)
(avg. 248 m or 814 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Famous for its Côte de Beaune wine production, Pommard is situated directly south of Beaune along the Route des Grands Crus. The D973 runs through the village from Beaune and then on to Saisy and Autun.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	840	—
1975	754	−1.53%
1982	606	−3.07%
1990	552	−1.16%
1999	594	+0.82%
2009	535	−1.04%
2014	518	−0.64%
2020	449	−2.35%
Source: INSEE[3]

Wine

Like Nuits-Saint-Georges, the name of Pommard was made famous as a marketplace for wines from better areas, in the days before Appellation Controlee. The fact that its name is easy for foreigners to pronounce also helped. 130,000 cases produced from 337 hectares makes it the second biggest area by production after Beaune. 135 hectares of that is Premier Cru, of which Les Epenots and Les Rugiens are the most notable.

Pommard produces purely red wine - no whites.

Village

The square bell tower of its eighteenth-century church, characterise the village and on the hills that surround Pommard, the vineyards dominate the landscape.

International relations

Pommard is twinned with Nackenheim, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
• Côte de Beaune

References

Further reading

• Coates, Clive (1997) Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy Weidenfeld Nicolson ISBN 0-297-83607-2

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