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Côte-d'Or

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Côte-d'Or
Department of France
Top down: prefecture building in Dijon, view of Semur-en-Auxois and Meursault Town Hall
Flag of Côte-d'Or
Flag
Coat of arms of Côte-d'Or
Coat of arms
Location of Côte-d'Or in France
Location of Côte-d'Or in France
Coordinates: 47°25′N 04°50′E / 47.417°N 4.833°E / 47.417; 4.833
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
PrefectureDijon
SubprefecturesBeaune
Montbard
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilFrançois Sauvadet[1] (UDI)
Area
1
 • Total
8,763 km2 (3,383 sq mi)
Highest elevation
723 m (2,372 ft)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total
540,100
 • Rank50th
 • Density61.63/km2 (159.6/sq mi)
Demonymscôte-d'oriens, costaloriens
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-21
Department number21
Arrondissements3
Cantons23
Communes698
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Côte-d'Or (French pronunciation: [kot dɔʁ] ⓘ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. In 2023, it had a population of 540,100.[3] Its prefecture is Dijon, which is also the regional prefecture; its subprefectures are Beaune and Montbard.

History

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Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. Formed from part of the former province of Burgundy, it is arguably unique among the departments in having a name that is poetic rather than geographic. The name was first proposed by the representative of Dijon (fr:Charles-André-Rémy Arnoult), and is said to refer to the autumn gold of the flanks of the hills in wine-growing areas. The literal meaning of côte d'or in French is "golden hill".[4][5]

Geography

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The department is part of the current region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is surrounded by the departments of Yonne, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Jura, Aube, Haute-Saône, and Haute-Marne.

A chain of hills called the Plateau de Langres runs from north-east to south-west through the department to the north of Dijon and continues south-westwards as the Côte d'Or escarpment, from which the department takes its name. It is the south-east facing slope of this escarpment which is the site of the celebrated Burgundy vineyards. To the west of the Plateau de Langres, towards Champagne, lies the densely wooded district of Châtillonais. To the south-east of the plateau and escarpment, the department lies in the broad, flat-bottomed valley of the middle course of the Saône.[6]

Rivers include:

  • The Saône
  • The Seine rises in the southern end of the Plateau de Langres.
  • The Ouche rises on the dip slope of the escarpment and flows to the Saône via Dijon.
  • The Armançon rises on the dip slope of the escarpment and flows north-westward.
  • The Arroux rises on the dip slope of the escarpment at the southern end of the department.

Climate

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The climate of the department is continental, with abundant rain on the west side of the central range.

Principal towns

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The most populous commune is Dijon, the prefecture. As of 2023, there are 5 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:[7]

Commune Population (2023)
Dijon 161,830
Beaune 20,352
Chenôve 14,244
Talant 11,896
Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108

Demographics

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The inhabitants of the department are called Costaloriens in French.

Population development since 1791:

Politics

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The President of the Departmental Council is François Sauvadet of the Union of Democrats and Independents.

Partyseats
Socialist Party12
• Union for a Popular Movement11
• Miscellaneous Right8
Miscellaneous Left6
Left Radical Party3
• New Centre2
• MoDem1

Current National Assembly Representatives

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ConstituencyMember[9]Party
Côte-d'Or's 1st constituency Océane Godard Socialist Party
Côte-d'Or's 2nd constituency Catherine Hervieu The Ecologists
Côte-d'Or's 3rd constituency Pierre Pribetich Socialist Party
Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency Hubert Brigand The Republicans
Côte-d'Or's 5th constituency René Lioret National Rally

Economy

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Aerial view of neatly arranged vineyard rows covering green hills in Burgundy, France.
Vineyards on rolling hills in the Burgundy region of eastern France

This is a wine-growing region of France. It produces the most expensive Pinot noir and Chardonnay wines from some of the most classified vineyards in the world. Wine from the Côte-d'Or was a favorite of the emperor Charlemagne. Other crops include cereal grains and potatoes. Sheep and cattle are also raised in the department. The region is famous for Dijon mustard.

There are coal mines and heavy industry, including steel, machinery, and earthenware. The industries most developed in Côte-d'Or are

  • agriculture and food (14% of employees)
  • metallurgy and metal manufacture (12% of employees)
  • chemicals, rubber and plastics (12% of employees)
  • pharmacy
  • electrical and electronic components and equipment
  • wood and paper industries.

The big works are generally in the conurbation of Dijon although the biggest (CEA Valduc) is at Salives in the Plateau de Langres. There is also the SEB metal works at Selongey below the plateau on the margin of the Saône plain and the Valourec metalworking group at Montbard in the west of the department on the River Brenne near its confluence with the Armançon. The Pharmaceutical industry has shown the greatest growth in recent years. However, since the Dijon employment statistics zone includes the urban and administrative centre of the Burgundy region, the service sector is proportionately bigger there in relation to the industrial, than in the other three zones of Côte-d'Or.

Transport

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Air

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Côte-d'Or is served by Dole–Jura Airport which is located 51 km (32 mi) south east of Dijon. However, the airport only provides flights to limited European destinations. Residents in Côte-d'Or would normally use Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, Geneva Airport and EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg which provide more domestic and international destinations.

Tourism

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Some of the major tourist attractions are the Gothic abbey church of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye and the 11th-century Romanesque abbey church at Saulieu, as well the 12th-century Château de Bussy Rabutin at Bussy-le-Grand.[6] The Abbey of Cîteaux, headquarters of the Cistercian Order, lies to the east of Nuits-Saint-Georges in the south of the department.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  4. ↑ Le Bien Public (9 April 2014). "La Côte-d'or, une histoire qui dure depuis 224 ans" (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2022..
  5. ↑ Billy, Pierre-Henri (2021). Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France (DNLF). Errance. ISBN 978-2-87772-769-3. OCLC 1309874211.
  6. 1 2 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Côte-d'Or" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 248–249.
  7. ↑ Populations de référence 2023: 21 Côte-d'Or, INSEE
  8. ↑ "Historique de la Côte-d'Or". Le SPLAF.
  9. ↑ Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.
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