Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

  • Former Administrative Regions: Burgundy and Franche-Comte
  • Historically Known As: Kingdom of Burgundy

  • Type: Region of France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, an administrative region in eastern France on the border with Switzerland, consists of eight departments Cote-d'Or, Doubs, Haute-Saone, Jura, Nievre, Saone-et-Loire, Territoire de Belfort and Yonne. - AsNotedIn


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Highlights

Canyon, Gorge

PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Arc-et-Senans Town
Asquins Village
Autun Commune of France
Auxerre Town
Avallon Town
Bazoches, FR Village
Nievre, FR
Beaune Town
Cote-d'Or
Belfort, FR City
Besancon, FR City
Charquemont, FR Town
Doubs (department), FR
Chateauneuf Village
Cluny Commune of France
Corbigny Town
Dijon City
Cote-d'Or
Doubs Gorge Canyon, Gorge
Herisson Waterfalls Waterfall
La Bussiere-sur-Ouche Village
La Charite-sur-Loire Town
Nievre, FR
La Cure Village
Lod Village
Marmagne, Cote-d'Or Commune of France
Cote-d'Or
Noyers Village
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps - France
Ronchamp Town
Salins-les-Bains Town
Sens Town
The Baume-Les-Messieurs Reculee Valley Jura (department), FR
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe Village
Vandenesse Village
Vezelay Town
Vezelay Way of St James Hiking Trail
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Town
Vougeot Village
Cote-d'Or

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1776/06/00 Claude-Francois-Dorothee Inventor Built in 1774 by Marquis Claude de Jouffroy's, the 40-foot PALMIPEDE, equipped with a Newcomen steam engine, makes its sea trials in June and July of 1776 on the Doubs river between Besancon and Montbeliard. Invention of the Steamboat
1777/00/00 Pierre Julien Artist Under the direction of Claude Dejoux, Pierre Julien sculpts the allegorical figure of "L'Amour conjugal" for the tomb of the Dauphin and Dauphine at Sens cathedral, 1773-1777.

Geography »

Physiographic FeaturesTypeAsNotedIn
Doubs Gorge Canyon, Gorge
Herisson Waterfalls Waterfall
Jura Mountains Mountain Range

Data »

Particulars for Bourgogne-Franche-Comte:
Locale type Region of France



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
Cote-d'Or Department of France
Jura (department), FR Department of France
Nievre, FR Department of France

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Bon-Bon (short story) Short Story
Edgar Allan Poe In his seclusions the Vin de Bourgogne had its allotted hour, and there were appropriate moments for the Cotes du Rhone.
Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort Book
Edith Wharton Belfort is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France located between Lyon and Strasbourg.
The Red and the Black (book) Novel Stendhal Book I: Julien Sorel is from the fictional village of Verrieres in Franche-Comte, a cultural and historical region of eastern France.
The War of the Buttons Book Louis Pergaud The two youth gangs in "The War of the Buttons" are from the villages of Longeverne and Velarns, 1890s

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