Burgundy

Burgundy
Burgundy; Bourgogne
	Region o Fraunce
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Kintra	Fraunce
Prefectur	Dijon
Departments	4 Côte-d'Or; Nièvre; Saône-et-Loire; Yonne;
Govrenment
• Preses	François Patriat (PS)
Area
• Total	31582 km2 (12,194 sq mi)
Population (2008-01-01)
• Total	1,631,000
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP (2006)	Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}}
Tot	€40 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn)
Per capita	€24,800 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}})
NUTS Region	FR2
Website	cr-bourgogne.fr

Burgundy (French: Bourgogne, IPA: [buʁɡɔɲ] ( listen)) is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce.

The name comes frae the Burgundians, an auncient Germanic fowk who settled in the aurie in early Middle-age. The region o Burgundy is baith larger than the auld Duchy o Burgundy an smawer than the aurie ruled bi the Dukes o Burgundy, frae the modren Netherlands tae the border o Auvergne. It is made up o the follaein auld provinces:

Burgundy: Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, an soothren hauf o Yonne. This corresponds tae the auld duchy o Burgundy (later cried province o Burgundy). Housomeivver, the auld coonty o Burgundy (later cried province o Franche-Comté) is no includit inside the Burgundy region, but it maks up the Franche-Comté region. An aw, a sma pairt o the duchy o Burgundy (province o Burgundy) is nou inside the Champagne-Ardenne region.
Nivernais: nou the Nièvre depairtment
the northren hauf o Yonne is a territory that wis no pairt o Burgundy (at least no syne the 11t century), an wis a frontier atween Champagne, Île-de-France, an Orléanais, dependin frae each o these provinces at different times in history.

The climate o this region is essentially oceanic (Cfb in Köppen classification), wi a continental influence (sometimes cried a "hauf-continental climate").