Le Suzon destroys Dijon
We are in the fall of 1522. The Suzon is then a clearly visible river which crosses Dijon from north to south. Following an unprecedented overflow, the Suzon destroyed even the walls of the capital of the Dukes of Burgundy.
The Meuzin
Ten years after the terrible floods of 1747, the Meuzin is described as a “dreadful torrent” by the historian of the time Claude Courtépée. Even King Louis XV was forced to intervene and put in place improvements to the banks. Even today, the trace of this flood is visible on the Fish Square in Nuits-Saint-Georges with a fish sculpted three meters high.
L’Etang-Vergy
During the summer of 1900, after dozens of days of drought and extreme heat, a torrential storm brought 40 cm of water in just a few hours. The water flows into dry valleys, that is to say without rivers, in the villages of Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny.
The Ouche and Lake Kir
In 1965, the victims are numerous following the floods of Ouche and Lake Kir. Even Canon Kir gets trapped in his car by the waters.