Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is an administrative region of France, inhabited long ago by the Celts , Gauls, Romans and Gaul, Romans and various Germanic peoples, among which the most important were the Burgundians (whence derives its current name through a form of medieval Burgundy) and the Franks.
In the years 1400 to Burgundy was one of the most important semi-independent provinces of the Kingdom of France. It lies in the eastern part of the country and lay off the French borders, the so-called Franche-Comté, or "free county." The duchy also included Artois, Flanders and Brabant, in present Belgium. Burgundy was a province of France until 1790. It is now an administrative region of France comprising the departments of Cote-d'Or, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire and Yonne.
Capital: Dijon; Area 31,582 km ², population 1,610,067 inhabitants. (2003); Population density 51 inhabitants / km ² .
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