Beaune

French commune
nomcommune=Beaune
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région=Bourgogne
département=Côte-d'Or
arrondissement=Beaune
canton=
insee=21054
cp=21200
maire=Alain Suguenot
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=
longitude=4.83972222222
latitude=47.025
alt moy=219 m
alt mini=193 m
alt maxi=407 m
hectares=3,130
km²=31.30
sans=21,923
date-sans=1999
dens= 700.4
date-dens=1999

Beaune is a commune in eastern France, a sub-prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne region.

Wine

The area around Beaune, the Côte de Beaune, is known for its Burgundy wines, with Beaune (although lacking a Grand Cru vineyard within the commune) as something of a hub of the wine business, since it is the largest city inside the wine region. Beaune is known for its annual wine sales organized by the "Hospices de Beaune".

It is situated on the "route des Grands Crus" tourist route among the vineyards. The road runs north from Beaune to Gevrey Chambertin and Nuits-Saint-Georges and south to Nolay, Saisy and Autun.

Hospices de Beaune

Founded in 1442 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy, and his wife, the "Hospices" are a charity running hospitals and other services for the needy. Following from past donations, they own vineyards in Burgundy.

Births

Beaune was the birthplace of:
* Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), mathematician
* Félix Ziem (1821-1911), painter in the style of the Barbizon School
* Bruno Latour (born 1947), anthropologist
* Étienne-Jules Marey, scientist and chronophotographer

Twin towns

Beaune is twinned with:
* Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States - since October 21, 2006
* Bensheim, Germany - since June 12, 1960
* Malmedy, Belgium - since June 11, 1962
* Krems, Austria - since March 23, 1976
* Katsunuma, Japan - since September 18, 1976
* Berkhamsted, United Kingdom

ee also

*French wine
*Burgundy wine

External links

* [http://www.beaune.fr/ Official website] (in French)
* [http://www.ot-beaune.fr/ Beaune tourism office] (in French)
* [http://www.burgundyeye.com/attractions/on-the-burgundy-chateaux-trail-in-and-around-beaune Châteaux in and around the town of Beaune]
* [http://www.hospices-de-beaune.com/gb/hospices/index.php Hospices de Beaune] English.
* [http://www.hospices-de-beaune.com Hospices de Beaune] Fuller version in French.
* Pictures of Beaune Basilica: [http://www.athanor-hotel-bourgogne.com/photos/01_basilica2.jpg] , [http://homepage.uvt.nl/~s239062/EDIFICES/beaune/BEAUNEint.jpg] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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