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Burgundy (/ ˈ b ɜːr ɡ ən d i / BUR-gən-dee; French: Bourgogne ⓘ; Burgundian: Bregogne) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century.
After that, Crémant de Loire and Crémant de Bourgogne were defined by decrees. On 24 August 1976, the AOC Crémant d'Alsace was defined by a decree too. [ 1 ] On 21 June 1996, the European Parliament consolidated the denomination Crémant , then used in France and Luxembourg , making clear that it must be a quality sparkling wine following ...
English: Blank topographic map of France in the official Lambert-93 projection, with regions boundaries. Note: The background map is a raster image embedded in the SVG file. Français : Carte topographique vierge de la France suivant la projection officielle Lambert-93, avec limites des régions et des départements.
Hand-drawn map of one side of the Valley of Vesdre by French geographers (led by the Cassini family) from 1745 to 1748. In France, the first general maps of the territory using a measuring apparatus were made by the Cassini family during the 18th century on a scale of 1:86,400 (one centimeter on the chart corresponds to approximately 864 meters on the ground).
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English: Map of the old province of Burgundy, France, showing the communes according to the current administrative division. Français : Carte de la province de Bourgogne montrant les communes et les départements actuels.
Mâconnais consists of the following appellations. The regional Burgundy appellations - Bourgogne, Bourgogne Aligoté, Coteaux Bourguignons, Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains, Crémant de Bourgogne, Bourgogne mousseux - may also be used for wine from this area. Mâcon is the basic appellation, that can be used for white, rosé and red wines.
The Free County of Burgundy (French: Franche Comté de Bourgogne; German: Freigrafschaft Burgund) was a medieval feudal state ruled by a count from 982 to 1678. It was also known as Franche-Comté, [a] and was located in the modern region of Franche-Comté. It bordered the Duchy of Burgundy to the west, which was part of France from 843.