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| Côte-d’Or department | |
| Capital | Dijon |
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| Residents | 533.220 (2018) |
| surface | 8,763 km² |
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Côte-d'Or is a department in the former French region Burgundythat 2016 in the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté rose. Côte-d'Or is also a well-known wine-growing region. In addition to wine and good cuisine, Côte-d’Or offers old towns that are well worth seeing, large monasteries, romantic castles and palaces. You can hike through the vineyards, cycle along the canals, canoe or houseboat.
The department of Côte-d’Or has the ordinal number 21. It borders (clockwise, starting in the north) on the department Aube, to the northeast Haute-Marne, in the east Haute-Saône, in the southeast to the département law, in the south Saône-et-Loire as well as in the west to the départements Nièvre and Yonne.
Regions
- Auxois in the west to Montbard, forms a ditch between two plateaus, known for the horse breed of the same name
- Châtillonais in the north, around Châtillon-sur-Seine, on the upper reaches of the Seine, borders on the Aube and to the Champagne
- Hautes côtes de nuits, immediate surroundings of Dijon, important wine-growing region (as appellation d’origine contrôlée, AOC, protected), the most famous red Burgundy wines, but also Chardonnay, come here
- Hautes côtes de Beaune in the south, around Beaune, also an important wine-growing region (AOC), settles in the département Saône-et-Loire away
- Morvan in the far west, hilly to mountainous, protected as a regional nature park, settles in the départements Nièvre and Saône-et-Loire.
- Pays de l'Ouche in the center, west of Dijon, valley region along the river L'Ouche
- Seine et Tilles in the northern center, north of Dijon, dominated by agriculture (mixed culture and cattle breeding)
- Vingeanne and Val de Saône in the east, east of Dijon, a region shaped by water, pretty little villages
places
- 1 Dijon
- is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the département, known worldwide for mustard and currant liqueur, but also a city that is very worth seeing and rich in history; Ducal palace from the 17th century, downtown with patrician houses from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Musée des Beaux-Arts is one of the most important art museums in France. - 2 Beaune - The main attraction is that Hôtel-Dieu, a former hospital, the roof of which is covered with characteristic colored glazed tiles; also Romanesque church Notre-Dame, preserved city wall from the 15th century and former residence of the dukes, today Musée de Vin.
- 3 Châtillon-sur-Seine - A place steeped in history, well-known archaeological museum with an Iron Age princely grave (“Treasure of Vix”) and a Greek bronze crater, as well as a Romanesque church
- 4 Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - romantic and picturesque village (awarded one of the most beautiful in France) with a Romanesque Benedictine abbey, medieval streets and fortification ring, location of the film Chocolate with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp
Downtown Dijon
Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune
Châtillon-sur-Seine
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Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
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- 5 Marmagne - with Fontenay Abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- 6 Montbard -
- 7 Nuits-Saint-Georges - one of the most famous wine-growing places in Burgundy
- 8 Semur-en-Auxois
- with the Gothic Notre-Dame collegiate church, castle, preserved round towers of the former citadel fortifications and a pretty bridge with a picturesque view; Filming location of the comedy Fish or meat with Louis de Funès
Marmagne, Fontenay Abbey
Montbard
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Château and Pont Pinard, Semur-en Auxois
Other goals
- Route des Grands Crus, the Burgundian Wine Route runs for 60 kilometers from the Côte de Nuits to the Côte de Beaune between Dijon and Santenay and crosses 38 picturesque wine villages. Website with more information
- Canal de Bourgogne, popular for houseboat holidays, there is a 3 kilometer long tunnel on the watershed; but there is also a cycle path along the canal
- Alesia - the place about which the village chief Majestix in the comic Asterix and the Avernerschild says “I don't know any Alesia! I don't know where Alesia is! Nobody knows where Alesia is! ”Was actually not far from today's village of Alise-Sainte-Reine in the Côte-d’Or department. Here was until the 1st century BC. The capital of the Celtic tribe of the Mandubians and here was 52 BC. BC the united Gaulish army under Vercingetorix was decisively defeated by the Romans under Gaius Julius Caesar, afterwards "all of Gaul was occupied by the Romans ...", which is why the comic Gauls did not speak well of the place. On site you can visit the excavations of a Gallo-Roman amphitheater, the forum with sanctuaries of the various Gaulish gods and the residential and craft district. in the MuséoParc Alésia The Battle of Alesia is also illustrated with antique everyday objects and facsimiles, dioramas, films, models, multimedia stations and replicas of war machines. At the time of Emperor Napoleon III. In addition, a monumental statue of Vercingetorix was placed on a 7 meter high stone pedestal (in a sense the French counterpart to the Hermann monument).
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getting there
By plane
Dijon Airport is mainly used for military purposes, there are no scheduled flights. The next larger airports are in Paris-Orly (approx. 300 km northwest) and Lyon (approx. 200 km south).
By train
The TGV Lyria runs three times a day from Switzerland directly to Dijon (from Zurich in 2½ hours, from Basel in just under 1½ hours).
From Germany you can either change to the TGV Lyria in Basel or from Frankfurt / Mannheim / Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden with the TGV to Besançon and change there (either to another TGV to Dijon or to regional trains). For example, it takes five hours from Frankfurt to Dijon. There are also various connections via Paris. From there, there are TGVs to Dijon at least every hour, they take an average of 1:35. However, the station has to be changed in Paris (trains from Germany arrive at Gare du Nord or Gare de l'Est, trains to Burgundy leave Gare de Lyon or Bercy).
From Austria the fastest connection is with the RailJet to Zurich and from there with the TGV Lyria directly to Dijon. For example, it takes 10½ hours from Vienna and eight hours from Salzburg.
There is another TGV stop in Montbard on the western edge of the department. This is on the Paris – Lyon high-speed line, which is why it can be reached (four times a day) from Paris in just over an hour.
In the street
The A 31 motorway from Nancy / Metz / Luxembourg (connection to the A4 from Saarbrücken / Frankfurt) leads into this department from the north, the A 36 from Besançon and Mulhouse / Freiburg / Basel from the west, and the A 6 from Paris from the northeast. from the south the A 6 from Lyon.
By bicycle
The sixth and seventh stages of the "Charles the Bold" cycle path from Bruges via Luxembourg, Perl (Moselle), Metz, Nancy and south to Charolles (Saône-et-Loire)
By Santenay The European long-distance cycle route leads to the very south of the department Eurovelo 6 (Atlantic – Black Sea).
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Tourist Attractions
Churches and monasteries
- Fontenay Abbey, 75 km northwest of Dijon. Large and historically significant Cistercian monastery, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Palaces and castles
- Château du Clos de Vougeot, about halfway between Dijon and Beaune. Magnificent medieval castle and seat of a wine fraternity, venue of the festival Musique et Vin, also a well-known and excellent one Table d'hôte.
- Châteauneuf-en-Auxois Castle, 40 km west of Dijon. High medieval spur castle on the plateau of a 475 meter high rock that towers high above the surrounding landscape.
- Bussy-Rabutin Castle, 55 km northwest of Dijon. Renaissance castle with moat, extensive gardens (modeled on those of Versailles) and terraced park.
- La Rochepot Castle, 16 km southwest of Beaune. Romantic castle from the 13th century, which was used as a quarry after the French Revolution and was only a ruin afterwards, but was completely reconstructed in the historicism style from 1894. The roof is covered with the colorful glazed tiles, typical of the Beaune area.
- Commarin Castle, 35 km west of Dijon. Baroque moated castle.
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- L'Hôtel-Dieu (hospice) in Beaune, a hospital founded in the 15th century and used until the second half of the 20th century, the roof of which is covered with brightly patterned, glazed tiles.
Library of the Cîteaux Monastery
Clos de Vougeot
Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
Bussy-Rabutin Castle
La Rochepot Castle
Commarin moated castle
activities
- Hiking through the vineyards
- Cycling / hiking, e.g. B. along the Canal de Bourgogne (212 km), on the wine route (23 13.5 km) or on the “Karl der Kühne” cycle path
- Houseboat trips on the Bourgogne Canal
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Web links
- https://www.cotedor.fr/ - Official website of the Côte-d’Or department
- Cotedor-Tourisme.com, Website of the tourist board
