Bourgogne
| Région de Bourgogne | ||
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| Région flag | Region logo | |
| Location | ||
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| Administration | ||
| Capital | Dijon | |
| Regional President | François Patriat (PS) (since 2004) | |
| Departments | Yonne Côte-d'Or Nièvre Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissements | 15 | |
| Cantons | 174 | |
| Communes | 2,045 | |
| Statistics | ||
| Land area1 | 31,582 km² | |
| Population | (Ranked 16th) | |
| - January 1, 2007 est. | 1,626,000 | |
| - March 8, 1999 census | 1,610,067 | |
| - Density (2007) | 51/km² | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers | ||
For the historical duchy and province of Burgundy, as well as the cultural area of Burgundy, see Burgundy.
Bourgogne (
French pronunciation (help·info); English: Burgundy) is one of the 26 regions of France.
The region of Bourgogne is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy. It is made up of the following old provinces:
- Burgundy: Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, and southern half of Yonne. This corresponds to the old duchy of Burgundy (later called province of Burgundy). However, the old county of Burgundy (later called province of Franche-Comté) is not included inside the Bourgogne region, but it makes up the Franche-Comté region. Also, a small part of the duchy of Burgundy (province of Burgundy) is now inside the Champagne-Ardenne region.
- Nivernais: now the Nièvre department
- the northern half of Yonne is a territory that was not part of Burgundy (at least not since the 11th century), and was a frontier between Champagne, Île-de-France, and Orléanais, depending from each of these provinces at different times in history.
A Quadripartite agreement was made between Central Bohemia, Opole, Bourgogne and Rhineland Palatinate in 2003 that gave rise to many activities such as a Students European Contest created in 2005, or the students literary prize.
Major communities
- Autun
- Auxerre
- Beaune
- Chalon-sur-Saône
- Dijon
- Le Creusot
- Mâcon
- Montceau-les-Mines
- Nevers
- Sens
See also
- Burgundy wine
- Burgundy, What a Story ! by Bernard Lecomte and Jean-Louis Thouart (Ed. de Bourogne, 2004) ISBN 978-2902650026
External links
- (French) Regional Council website
- Photos of Bourgogne
- Useful information site for the ex-pat community
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bourgogne". Image Credit.
