Burgundy

Burgundy
—  Region of France  —
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Country	France
Capital	Dijon
Government
- President	François Patriat (PS)
Area
- Total	31,582 km2 (12,193.9 sq mi)
Population (2008-01-01)
- Total	1,631,000
- Density	51.6/km2 (133.8/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
NUTS Region	FR2
Website	cr-bourgogne.fr

Burgundy (French: Bourgogne, French pronunciation (help·info)) is one of the 26 regions of France.

The region of Burgundy 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 Burgundy 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, Burgundy 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 (region)
• 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

Look up burgundy (french region) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Coordinates: 47°00′N 4°30′E / 47°N 4.5°E / 47; 4.5