Semur-en-Auxois is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The engineer Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751-1825) and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720-1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois.

Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink granite bluff more than half-encircled by the River Armançon. The river formerly provided motive power for tanneries and mills, but its flow is now somewhat reduced by the Lac de Pont, a dam built upstream in the 19th century to provide water for the Canal de Bourgogne.

Sights

• The church, La Collégiale Notre-Dame, which was started in 1225 and built in flamboyant Gothic style. It was restored in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc. The north tympanum depicts the legend of St. Thomas.
• La porte Sauvigny, built in the 15th century, it marks the entrance to the city
• The fortified castle, built in the 13th century and dismantled in the 17th century, the parts visible today are:
• La tour de l'Orle d'Or, with a height of 44 metres and walls 5 metres thick
• La tour de la Gehenne
• La tour de la Prison
• La tour Margot, behind the theatre.
• Bridges of the city crossing the Armançon:
• Le pont Joly, which provides a picturesque view of the city
• Le pont Pinard
• Le pont des Minimes
• The ramparts provide a promende with views of the river

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