Côte-d'Or department

Côte-d'Or
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
prefecture	Dijon
Sub-prefecture (s)	Beaune Montbard
Residents	533,819 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	61 inhabitants per km²
surface	8,763.10 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	19th
Cantons	23
Communities	698
President of the Department Council	François Sauvadet
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-21
Location of the department of Côte-d'Or in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté

The Département Côte-d'Or [ kotˈdɔːʀ ] is the French department with the serial number 21. It is located in the east of the country in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and is named after a steep geological edge characterized by viticulture , which extends from Dijon to the south Beaune runs.

geography

The department borders on the Aube department to the north, the Haute-Marne department to the northeast, the Haute-Saône department to the east, the Jura department to the southeast, the Saône-et-Loire department to the south and the Départements Nièvre and Yonne .

The Saône and the Seine flow through the department . The Ouche flows into the Saône. It forms the north-eastern part of the Burgundy region.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from parts of the province of Burgundy .

From 1960 to 2015 it belonged to the Burgundy region , which in 2016 became part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

economy

The Côte-d'Or department is a leading wine-growing region in France.

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Côte-d'Or are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Dijon	156.920	Dijon
Beaune	21,031	Beaune
Chenôve	13,910	Dijon
Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur	11,326	Dijon
Talent	11,689	Dijon
Quetigny	9,557	Dijon
Longvic	8,604	Dijon
Fontaine-lès-Dijon	8,888	Dijon
Auxonne	7,622	Dijon
Saint-Apollinaire	7,463	Dijon

Administrative division

The Département Côte-d'Or is divided into 3 arrondissements , 23 cantons and 698 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Côte-d'Or department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Beaune	6th	222	110,560	2,359.01	47	211
Dijon	15th	224	363.726	2,808.19	130	212
Montbard	3	252	59,533	3,595.90	17th	213
Côte-d'Or department	23	698	533.819	8,763.10	61	21st

See also:

• List of communes in the Côte-d'Or department
• List of cantons in the Côte-d'Or department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Côte-d'Or department

Web links

Commons : Département Côte-d'Or  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Côte-d'Or  - travel guide

• Département Côte-d'Or (French)
• Prefecture of the Côte-d'Or (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 2, 2015 

Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '  N , 5 ° 2'  E