Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is a region of east-central France, created in 2016 through administrative reorganisation from Burgundy and Franche-Comté. Noted for its rich history and diverse scenery, the region stretches from the rolling Burgundy wine country in the west to the Jura Mountains and Swiss border in the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nièvre and Dijon.
Nièvre
Dijon
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Dijon is the largest city in the eastern French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Dijon is best known for its mustard, which is no longer produced in its metropolitan area.
Besançon
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Besançon is the capital of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Côte-d’Or and Franche-Comté.
Côte-d’Or
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Côte-d'Or is a department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the heart of Burgundy, rich in history and heritage. It is known for its Romanesque and Gothic art, and its cuisine and lifestyle.
Franche-Comté
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Franche-Comté is a region in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. This region borders Switzerland and shares much of its architecture, cuisine, and culture with its neighbour.
Yonne
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Yonne is a department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté that is known for its wine from the Chablis region. The Yonne allows you to discover ancient remains, historical monuments and museums, renowned vineyards and culinary specialties, as well as vast natural spaces including that of Boutissaint, in the heart of Puisaye, and part of the Morvan regional natural park…
Saône-et-Loire
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Saône-et-Loire is a department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Tourism in this region is founded on its varied landscape, its gastronomy with the prestigious Mâconnais wines, the charolais beef, the poulet de Bresse, and its rich architectural sites.
Morvan Regional Natural Park
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Morvan Regional Natural Park is a protected area of woodlands, lakes and traditional farmland in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central France. It covers a total area of 285,000 hectares and extends through four different departments with the majority being in Nièvre.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Type: State with 5,560,000 residents
- Description: administrative region of France
- Also known as: “BFC”, “Bourgogne”, “Burgundy-Franche-Comté”, and “Burgundy-Free County”
- Neighbors: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Centre-Val de Loire, Grand Est, Île-de-France, and Vaud
- Categories: region of France and locality
- Location: France, Europe
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Latitude of center
47.1187° or 47° 7′ 7″ northLongitude of center
4.9691° or 4° 58′ 9″ eastPopulation
5,560,000Elevation
234 metres (768 feet)Inception
January 1st, 2016OpenStreetMap ID
node 3925295240OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
11071619Wikidata ID
Q18578267
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Bourgogne-Franche-Comté” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Boergondië-Franche-Comté”
- Albanian: “Burgonja-Franche-Comté”
- Arabic: “برغونية إفرنش كمته”
- Arabic: “برغونية فرانش كونتيه”
- Aragonese: “Borgonya-Franco Condato”
- Aragonese: “Borgonya-Franco Condau”
- Armenian: “Բուգունդիա – Ֆրանշ Կոնտե”
- Armenian: “Բուրգունդիա – Ֆրանշ-Կոնտե”
- Arpitan: “Borgogne-Franche-Comtât”
- Asturian: “Borgoña-Francu Condáu”
- Asturian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Azerbaijani: “Burqundiya–Franş-Konte”
- Azerbaijani: “Burqundiya—Franş—Konte”
- Balinese: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Basque: “Borgoina-Franche-Comté”
- Belarusian: “Бургундыя — Франш-Кантэ”
- Belarusian: “Бургундыя-Франш-Камтэ”
- Belarusian: “Бургундыя-Франш-Кантэ”
- Bengali: “বুর্গোইন-ফ্রঁশ-কোঁতে”
- Breton: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Bulgarian: “Бургундия-Франш Конте”
- Burmese: “ဘူရ်ဂေါ်ညီ-ဖရံရှ်-ကောင်တေတိုင်း”
- Burmese: “ဘူရ်ဂေါ်ညီ-ဖရံ့ရှ်-ကောင်တေတိုင်း”
- Catalan: “Borgonya - Franc Comtat”
- Catalan: “Borgonya-Franc Comtat”
- Cebuano: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Chechen: “БугӀгунди — ФгӀанш-Конте”
- Chinese: “勃艮第-弗朗什-孔泰大区”
- Chinese: “勃艮第-弗朗什-孔泰大區”
- Chinese: “勃艮第-法蘭琪-康堤大區”
- Chinese: “布根地-法蘭琪-康堤大區”
- Chinese: “布爾岡-法蘭琪-康堤”
- Crimean Tatar: “Burgundiya — Franş-Konte”
- Croatian: “Burgundija-Franche-Comté”
- Czech: “Burgundsko-Franche-Comté”
- Danish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Dimli (individual language): “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Dutch: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comte”
- Dutch: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Dutch: “Bourgogne”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورجونى-فرانش كونته”
- Esperanto: “Burgonjo-Franĉkonteo”
- Estonian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Estonian: “Burgundia-Franche-Comté”
- Finnish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Finnish: “Burgundi-Franche-Comté”
- French: “BFC”
- French: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- French: “Bourgogne”
- French: “région BFC”
- Galician: “Borgoña-Franco Condado”
- German: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- German: “Bourgogne”
- German: “Burgund und Freigrafschaft”
- German: “Burgund-Franche-Comté”
- Greek: “Βουργουνδία-Φρανς-Κοντέ”
- Hausa: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Hebrew: “בורגון-פראנש-קונטה”
- Hindi: “बोरगोग्न-फ़्रेन्च-कोम्टे”
- Hungarian: “Burgundia-Franche-Comté”
- Hungarian: “Burgundia–Franche-Comté”
- Icelandic: “Búrgund-Franche-Comté”
- Ido: “Burgundia-Libera Komtio”
- Indonesian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Interlingue: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Irish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Italian: “Borgogna-Franca Contea”
- Italian: “Bourgogne”
- Japanese: “ブルゴーニュ=フランシュ=コンテ地域圏”
- Japanese: “ブルゴーニュ=フランシュ=コンテ地方”
- Kazakh: “Бургундия — Франш-Конте”
- Korean: “부르고뉴프랑슈콩테”
- Kurdish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Ladin: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Latin: “Burgundia et Liber Comitatus”
- Latvian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Latvian: “Burgundija-Franškontē”
- Latvian: “Burgundija—Franškontē”
- Limburgan: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Lithuanian: “Burgundija-Franš Kontė”
- Lithuanian: “Burgundija–Franš Kontė”
- Luxembourgish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Macedonian: “Бургундија-Франш Конте”
- Macedonian: “Бургундија-Франш-Конте”
- Marathi: “बूर्गान्य-फ्रांश-कोंते”
- Mongolian: “Бургунд муж”
- Mongolian: “Бургунд-Франш-Конте”
- Northern Frisian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Norwegian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Borgonha Franca Comtat”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Borgonha-Franca Comtat”
- Ossetian: “Бургунди — Франш-Конте”
- Persian: “بورگونی-فرانش-کنته”
- Persian: “بورگوین-فرانش-کنته”
- Picard: “Bourgonne-Franke-Comtè”
- Piemontese: “Borgògna-Franca Contà”
- Polish: “Burgundia-Franche-Comté”
- Portuguese: “BFC”
- Portuguese: “Borgonha-Franco-Condado”
- Portuguese: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Romanian: “Burgundia-Franche-Comté”
- Russian: “Бургундия — Франш-Конте”
- Sardinian: “Borgogna-Franca Contea”
- Scots: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Serbian: “Бургундија-Франш-Конте”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Sicilian: “Burgogna-Franca Cuntìa”
- Slovak: “Burgundsko-Franche-Comté”
- Slovenian: “Burgundija - Franche-Comté”
- South Azerbaijani: “بورقونی-فرانش-کنته”
- Spanish: “Borgoña-Franco Condado”
- Spanish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comte”
- Spanish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Spanish: “Bourgogne”
- Swedish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Swiss German: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Tatar: “Бургундия-Фраңш-Коңте”
- Thai: “แคว้นบูร์กอญ-ฟร็องช์-กงเต”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Turkish: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Turkish: “Burgonya-Franche-Comté”
- Ukrainian: “Бургундія-Франш-Конте”
- Urdu: “بورغونئے-فغانش-کومتے”
- Venetian: “Borgogna-Franca Contea”
- Venetian: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Vietnamese: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Vlaams: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Welsh: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- Western Frisian: “Boergonje-Franche-Comté”
- Wu Chinese: “勃艮第-弗朗什-孔泰大区”
- Yue Chinese: “布爾岡-法朗殊-康堤”
- Zeeuws: “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”
- “Région Bourgogne Franche-Comté”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bourgogne-Franche-Comté”. Photo: CocktailSteward, CC BY 3.0.