Burgundy
former administrative region of France
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Summary
Burgundy is a region of France[1]. Burgundy draws 16,296 Wikipedia views per month (region of france category, ranking #6 of 27).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[3], metropolitan France[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Capital: Dijon[6]
- Shares border with: Champagne-Ardenne[7], Franche-Comté[8], Rhône-Alpes[9], Auvergne[10], Centre-Val de Loire[11], Île-de-France[12]
- Named after: Burgundians[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Côte-d’Or[14], Nièvre[15], Saône-et-Loire[16], Yonne[17]
- Flag: Drapeau de la région Bourgogne[18]
- Commons category: Bourgogne[19]
- Inception: June 4, 1960[20]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 31, 2015[21]
- Start time: July 9, 1972[22]
- Coordinate location: 47, 4.5[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Burgundy[24]
- Commons gallery: Bourgogne[25]
- Population: 1,642,687[26]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Burgundy[27]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[28], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32]
- Replaced by: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[33]
- Official name: Bourgogne[34]
- Category for people born here: Q8047655[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Burgundy[36]
- Native label: Bourgogne[37]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[38]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Burgundy[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Burgundy (French region)[40]
Why It Matters
Burgundy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Burgundy is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]