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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| Arc-et-Senans | Town |
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| Asquins | Village |
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| Autun | Commune of France |
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| Auxerre | Town |
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| Avallon | Town |
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| Bazoches, FR | Village |
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Nievre, FR |
| Beaune | Town |
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Cote-d'Or |
| Belfort, FR | City |
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| Besancon, FR | City |
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| Charquemont, FR | Town |
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Doubs (department), FR |
| Chateauneuf | Village |
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| Cluny | Town |
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| Corbigny | Town | ||
| Dijon | City |
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Cote-d'Or |
| Doubs Gorge | Canyon, Gorge | ||
| Herisson Waterfalls | Waterfall | ||
| La Bussiere-sur-Ouche | Village |
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| La Charite-sur-Loire | Town |
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Nievre, FR |
| La Cure | Village |
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| Lod | Village |
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| Marmagne, Cote-d'Or | Commune of France |
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Cote-d'Or |
| Noyers | Village | ||
| Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps - France | |||
| Ronchamp | Town |
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| Salins-les-Bains | Town |
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| Sens | Town |
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| The Baume-Les-Messieurs Reculee | Valley | Jura (department), FR | |
| Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe | Village |
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| Vandenesse | Village |
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| Vezelay | Town | ||
| Vezelay Way of St James | Hiking Trail | ||
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | Town |
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| Vougeot | Village |
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Cote-d'Or |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| 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. |
| Physiographic Features | Type | AsNotedIn |
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| Doubs Gorge | Canyon, Gorge | |
| Herisson Waterfalls | Waterfall | |
| Jura Mountains | Mountain Range |
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| Particulars for Bourgogne-Franche-Comte: | |
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| Locale type | Region of France |
| Vicinage | Type | AsNotedIn |
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| Cote-d'Or | Department of France | |
| Jura (department), FR | Department of France | |
| Nievre, FR | Department of France |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| Bon-Bon (short story) | Short Story |
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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 |
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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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