Dijon
Sign in to saveDijon (, ; ; Burgundian: Digion) is a city in and the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 161,830, making it the most populous commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
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Dijon is a city in eastern France that serves as the administrative center (prefecture) of the Côte-d'Or department and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. With a population of 161,830 as of 2023, it is the largest city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dijon
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 159,941
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- Water transport
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- Air transport
- Culture
- Sport
- Colleges and universities
- Population
- Personalities
- Twin towns - sister cities
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Dijon (, ; ; Burgundian: Digion) is a city in and the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 161,830, making it the most populous commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period. Dijon later became a Roman settlement named Divio, located on the road between Lyon and Paris. The province was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries, and Dijon became a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning, and science.