Époisses, Côte-d'Or

Époisses
Chateau
Location of Époisses
Époisses
Époisses
Coordinates: 47°30′28″N 4°10′28″E / 47.5078°N 4.1744°E / 47.5078; 4.1744
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementMontbard
CantonSemur-en-Auxois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Marie Virely
Area
1
21.72 km2 (8.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
724
  Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21247 /21460
Elevation233–321 m (764–1,053 ft)
(avg. 266 m or 873 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Époisses (French pronunciation: [epwas] ) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France, located around halfway between Dijon and Auxerre.

The village is known for its Époisses cheese, a pungent unpasteurized cow's-milk cheese.