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Côte-d'Or
Department of France in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the French département. For the chocolate company, see Côte d'Or (chocolate). For other uses, see Côte d'Or.
Côte-d'Or (French pronunciation: [kot dɔʁ] ⓘ; which can be translated as "gold coast" or "gold region") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.[3] Its prefecture is Dijon and subprefectures are Beaune and Montbard.
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Côte-d'Or | |
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![]() Location of Côte-d'Or in France | |
Coordinates: 47°25′N 04°50′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Prefecture | Dijon |
Subprefectures | Beaune Montbard |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | François Sauvadet[1] (UDI) |
Area | |
• Total | 8,763 km2 (3,383 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 723 m (2,372 ft) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 535,503 |
• Rank | 50th |
• Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Demonyms | côte-d'oriens, costaloriens |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 21 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 23 |
Communes | 698 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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