Montigny-lès-Arsures (, literally ''Montigny near Arsures'') is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the Jura department in

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

in eastern

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Geography

Montigny is located in the heart of the Jura wine region, in the north-east of the Jura on the

Jura wine Jura wine is French wine produced in the Jura '' département''. Located between Burgundy and Switzerland, this cool climate wine region produces wines with some similarity to Burgundy and Swiss wine. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wi ...

Route and the Route Pasteur. The Larine stream originates in the village, which it then proceeds to cross. The village boasts the title of Capital of Trousseau, a local grape variety, since the village's

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soil particularly suits this unique

grape A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...

Arbois Arbois () is a Commune in France, commune in the Jura (département), Jura Departments of France, department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region, eastern France. The river Cuisance passes through the town, which centres o ...

is 3 km from Montigny,

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

45 km,

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

30 km and

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100 km.

Winemakers of Montigny-lès-Arsures

Source: *Caveau de Bacchus *Raphaël Fumey & Adeline Chatelain *Michel Gahier * Frederic Lornet *Domaine du Pelican *Caveau vigneron de la Fruitière Vinicole d'

*Domaine Jean-Louis Tissot *Domaine André et Mireille Tissot

Members of the
Arbois Arbois () is a Commune in France, commune in the Jura (département), Jura Departments of France, department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region, eastern France. The river Cuisance passes through the town, which centres o ...
wine cooperative that live in Montigny-les-Arsures

Source:
Les vignerons Montigny-lès-Arsures *Jean Pierre Bailly Maitre *Bertrand De Sainte Marie *Patrick Giboudeaux *Franck Morin *Joël Morin *Emilie Morin *Geneviève Morin *Dominique Pointelin *Florian Pointelin *Denis Tissot *Jean-Charles Tissot *Christiane Viganoni

References

External links

Official website of Montigny-lès-Arsures {{DEFAULTSORT:Montignylesarsures Communes of Jura (department)

Geography

Winemakers of Montigny-lès-Arsures

See also

References

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