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Bourgogne

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Région de Bourgogne

(Région flag)

(Region logo)

Location

Map of France highlighting the Region of Burgundy

Administration

Capital

Dijon

Regional President

François Patriat
(PS) (since 2004)

Departments

Yonne
Côte-d'Or
Nièvre
Saône-et-Loire

Arrondissements

Cantons

174

Communes

2,045

Statistics

Land area¹

31,582 km²

Population

(Ranked 16th)

- January 1, 2006 est.

1,624,000

- March 8, 1999 census

1,610,067

- Density (2006)

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

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.

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: 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. This region is divided into the departments of Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, 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
Burgundy has been known as the heart of France. This is because of its location on the map, if you were to face the map and turn 180 degrees, your heart would be where Burgundy lies.