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BURGUNDY (BOURGOGNE)
 

      

        
Cote-d'Or
Beaune
Dijon

Nievre
Pouilly-sur-Loire

Saone-et-Loire
Chalon-sur-Saône
Charolles
Macon

Yonne
Chablis
      

Bourgogne (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: 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. 
Bourgogne is divided into the departments of Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Nièvre and Yonne.

    * 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.
    
* Nivernais: now the Nièvre department
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.

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REGIONS OF FRANCE

Alsace
Aquitaine
Auvergne
Brittany
Burgundy
Centre
Champagne-Ardenne
Corsica
Franche-Comte
Ile-de-France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Limousin
Lorraine
Lower Normandy
Midi-Pyrenees
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Overseas
Pays de la Loire
Picardie
Poitou-Charentes
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Rhone-Alpes
Upper Normandy

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