- Bourgogne
Infobox French region
native_name = Région de Bourgogne
common_name = Burgundy
image_flag_size = 115px
image_logo_size = 130px
capital =Dijon
area = 31,582 | area_scale=10
Regional president =François Patriat
(PS) (since 2004)
population_rank = 16th
population_census = 1,610,067
population_census_year = 1999
population_estimate = 1,626,000
population_estimate_year = 2007
population_density = 51
population_density_year = 2007
arrondissements = 15
cantons = 174
communes = 2,045
departments =Yonne Côte-d'Or Nièvre Saône-et-Loire 
footnotes=
|Bourgogne (audio|fr-Bourgogne.ogg|French pronunciation; English: Burgundy) is one of the 26 regions of
France .The region of Bourgogne is both larger than the old
Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy. It is made up of the following old provinces:
* Burgundy:Côte-d'Or ,Saône-et-Loire , and southern half ofYonne . This corresponds to the old duchy of Burgundy (later called "province of Burgundy"). However, the oldcounty of Burgundy (later called "province of Franche-Comté") is not included inside the Bourgogne region, but it makes up theFranche-Comté region. Also, a small part of the duchy of Burgundy (province of Burgundy) is now inside theChampagne-Ardenne region.
*Nivernais : now theNièvre department
* the northern half of Yonne is a territory that was not part of Burgundy (at least not since the 11th century), and was a frontier between Champagne, Île-de-France, andOrléanais , depending from each of these provinces at different times in history.A Quadripartite agreement was made between Central Bohemia, Opole, Bourgogne and Rhineland Palatinate in 2003 that gave rise to many activities such as a Students European Contest created in 2005, or the students literary prize.
Major communities
*
Autun
*Auxerre
*Beaune
*Chalon-sur-Saône
*Chenôve
*Dijon
*Le Creusot
*Mâcon
*Montceau-les-Mines
*Nevers
*Sens ee also
*
Burgundy wine * "Burgundy, What a Story !" by Bernard Lecomte and Jean-Louis Thouart (Ed. de Bourogne, 2004) ISBN 978-2902650026
External links
* [http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr Regional Council website]
* [http://photos-of-france.site.voila.fr/nordest4en.html Photos of Bourgogne]
* [http://burgundy.wikidot.com Useful information site for the ex-pat community]
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