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Later, the region was divided between the Duchy of Burgundy (to the west) and the Free County of Burgundy (to the east). The Duchy of Burgundy is the better known of the two, later becoming the French province of Burgundy, while the County of Burgundy became the French province of Franche-Comté.
Dijon (UK: / ˈ d iː ʒ ɒ̃ /, US: / d iː ˈ ʒ oʊ n /; [2] [3] French: ⓘ; in Burgundian: Digion) [a] is a city that serves as the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. [4]
Auxerre (/ oʊ ˈ s ɛər / oh-SAIR, [3] French: ⓘ, Burgundian: Auchoirre) is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Paris. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area ( aire d'attraction ) comprises roughly 111,000 inhabitants. [ 4 ]
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (French pronunciation: [buʁɡɔɲ fʁɑ̃ʃ kɔ̃te] ⓘ; lit. ' Burgundy-Free County ', sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: Borgogne-Franche-Comtât) is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté.
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It was conquered a second time in 1674, and finally was ceded to France in the Treaty of Nijmegen (1678), leaving the Holy Roman Empire as a result. Enclaves such as Montbéliard remained outside French control. 1771 map of Burgundy, Franche-Comté and Lyonnais by Rigobert Bonne. The Franche-Comté was one of the last parts of France to have ...
Mâcon (French pronunciation: ⓘ), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as Mâconnais. The city gave its name to the nearby vineyards and wine 'appellation'.