Grancey-le-Château-Neuvelle
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Grancey-le-Château-Neuvelle is a commune
in the Côte-d'Or
department in eastern France
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The castle was built between 1705 and 1725 by Jacques Eléonor Rouxel de Grancey
on the location of a medieval fortress, erected in 1098 by Ponce de Grancey.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
department in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The castle was built between 1705 and 1725 by Jacques Eléonor Rouxel de Grancey
Jacques Eléonor Rouxel de Grancey
Jacques Eléonor Rouxel, comte de Grancey, comte de Médavy was a Marshal of France.He was the grandson of Jacques Rouxel de Grancey , also Marshal of France....
on the location of a medieval fortress, erected in 1098 by Ponce de Grancey.