Molesme

Molesme (, before 1997: Molesmes)Décret du 22 décembre 1997 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance. is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

History Molesme grew up round the Benedictine monastery of Molesme Abbey, established here in the late 11th century by Saint Robert, who later founded Cîteaux Abbey, motherhouse of the Cistercian Order, with a group of monks from Molesme.

Population

See also Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

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