Bourgogne
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- This article is about the French administrative région of Bourgogne. For the historical duchy and province of Burgundy, as well as the cultural area of Burgundy, see Burgundy.
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| Capital | Dijon | ||||
| Land area¹ | 31,582 km² | ||||
| Regional President | François Patriat (PS) (since 2004) | ||||
| Population - Jan.1, 2004 estimate - March 8, 1999 census - Density | (Ranked 16th) 1,616,000 1,610,067 51/km² (2004) | ||||
| Arrondissements | 15 | ||||
| Cantons | 174 | ||||
| Communes | 2,045 | ||||
| Départements | Yonne Côte-d'Or Nièvre Saône-et-Loire | ||||
| 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 | |||||
Bourgogne (French pronunciation ▶(?); English: Burgundy) is one of the 26 régions of France.
The région of Bourgogne is both larger and smaller than the historical 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 région, but it makes up the Franche-Comté région. Also, a small part of the duchy of Burgundy (province of Burgundy) is now inside the Champagne-Ardenne région.
- Nivernais: Nièvre département
- 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
External links
- Regional Council website (in French)
- morvan
- bourgogne (screensaver about burgundy)
Categories: Regions of France | French wine regions | Burgundy | NUTS 2 Statistical Regions of Europe
