Burgundy (French region)
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| Burgundy Bourgogne |
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| — Region o Fraunce — | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Dijon |
| Depairtments | |
| Govrenment | |
| - Preses | François Patriat (PS) |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 31,582 km2 (12,193.9 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2008-01-01) | |
| - Tot | 1,631,000 |
| - Densitie | 51.6/km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator./sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| GDP/ Nominal | € 40 billion (2006)[1] |
| GDP per capita | € 24,800 (2006)[1] |
| NUTS Region | FR2 |
| Wabsteid | cr-bourgogne.fr |
Burgundy (French: Bourgogne, Template:IPA-fr) is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce.
The name comes frae the Burgundians, an auncient Germanic fowk who settled in the aurie in early Middle-age. The region o Burgundy is baith larger than the auld Duchy o Burgundy an smawer than the aurie ruled bi the Dukes o Burgundy, frae the modren Netherlands tae the border o Auvergne. It is made up o the follaein auld provinces:
- Burgundy: Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, an soothren hauf o Yonne. This corresponds tae the auld duchy o Burgundy (later cried province o Burgundy). Housomeivver, the auld coonty o Burgundy (later cried province o Franche-Comté) is no includit inside the Burgundy region, but it maks up the Franche-Comté region. An aw, a sma pairt o the duchy o Burgundy (province o Burgundy) is nou inside the Champagne-Ardenne region.
- Nivernais: nou the Nièvre depairtment
- the northren hauf o Yonne is a territory that wis no pairt o Burgundy (at least no syne the 11t century), an wis a frontier atween Champagne, Île-de-France, an Orléanais, dependin frae each o these provinces at different times in history.
The climate o this region is essentially oceanic (Cfb in Köppen classification), wi a continental influence (sometimes cried a "hauf-continental climate").
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[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London. Eurostat.
[edit] See an aw
- Burgundy (region)
- Burgundy wine
- Burgundy, What a Story! by Bernard Lecomte and Jean-Louis Thouart (Ed. de Bourogne, 2004) ISBN 978-2902650026
[edit] Freemit airtins
- Template:Fr icon Regional Cooncil wabsteid
- (Inglis) Short guide tae Burgundy wi main tourist attractions
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