GENERAL INFORMATION
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Territory, area, population, relief, river network ... we offer data and a summary of the Burgundy region. They allow you to help you during a presentation, information within your business or just for personal enrichment.
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Burgundy is a region wide. With 31 582 km2 It is located at 6e among regions for its size. Côte-d'Or (21), Saône-et-Loire (71), Nièvre (58) and the Yonne (89) are the four departments that comprise it.
Its population is estimated at 1,637,000 inhabitants (estimated at 1st January 2009), about 2.7% of the French population. Its density is relatively low, is 51.6 inhabitants per km ².
It is traversed by two major rivers: the Seine and the Loire. It has 12,000 km of rivers and 20 000 ha of lakes and waterways.
Its highest point is the Haut-Folin (901 m) in the Morvan.
With an agricultural area (cropland, grassland, pastures and fallow) to 59% of land area in 2002, Burgundy is a region with strong agricultural tradition. Saone-et-Loire and Côte d'Or are the departments most producers in the region.
Forest areas represent 31% of the Burgundy region while permanent grassland (803,800 hectares) occupy, in 2002, a quarter of Burgundy.
Burgundy has about 40,596 students and 4,000 researchers from many research centers and private (INRA, CNRS, ENSAM, CEA, ENESAD, ENSBANA, INSERM, University, European Centre for Taste Sciences ...).
2046 comprise the common area, 707 in Gold Coast, 312 in the Nièvre, 573 in Saone-et-Loire and 454 in the Yonne. The most important ones are: Dijon (151,200 inhabitants), Chalon-sur-Saone (pop. 52,260), Nevers (pop. 40,932), Auxerre (pop. 40,292), Macon (pop. 36,068), Sens ( 27 166 inhabitants), Le Creusot (pop. 26,758), Beaune (pop. 23,000), Montceau-les-Mines (pop. 20,634), Autun (pop. 16,500).
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