We are in northern Côte-d’Or, in the Auxois region, close to the ancient town of Alesia. Perched at an altitude of 421 meters on a promontory at the tip of a limestone plateau, Flavigny, its walls and rooftops dominate a green, hilly landscape. The Ozerain, Brenne and Verpant rivers run at the bottom of Flavigny.

A heritage waiting to be discovered

Flavigny is well worth a visit: discover its gates and fortifications, the architecture of its small businesses (tanners, oil manufacturers, millers, tin potters, glassmakers, weavers and wine-makers), the bay windows of its ancient shops, its bourgeois residences with staircase turrets, its streets and narrow alleyways, its squares, and much more.



Not to mention the peasant and ecclesiastical worlds with Saint-Pierre Benedictine Abbey (719), the parish church of Saint-Genest (11th and 13th centuries), the Ursulines convent (1632), the Dominican novitiate established by Father Lacordaire (1848) in the former Auxois bailiwick as well as the hotel of the Marquis de Souhey, governor of Flavigny, currently the headquarters of the Saint-Joseph-de-Clairval Benedictine abbey.

A village where life is good

Flavigny has 340 inhabitants, all thrilled to see young people return who had left to pursue their studies in the city, as well as visitors who, after staying in a rural gîte, sometimes even decide to buy a house there.



They are all captivated by the charm of this medieval village, with its residents, craftsmen (roofers, plumbers-heating specialists, joiners, Anis factory), storekeepers (grocery, antiques, Anis store, gift and craft stores), art galleries, textile museum, schools, inns and restaurants (hotel, bed & breakfasts, gîtes, restaurants and cafés, farm products), Postal services and the tourist information booth.
The village celebrates Saint Simon’s Day, Christmas,
July 14 and more.