Côte-d'Or
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Côte-d'Or (literally, "Slope of Gold", "Golden Slope") is a department in the eastern France. It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution and one of the eight departments of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
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Côte-d'Or | |
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Coordinates: 47°25′N 04°50′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Département | 4 March 1790 |
Prefecture | Dijon |
Subprefectures | Beaune, Montbard |
Government | |
• President | François Sauvadet[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 8,763.2 km2 (3,383.5 sq mi) |
Population (2014)[3] | |
• Total | 531,380 |
• Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Côte-d'oriens, Costaloriens |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-21 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 23 |
Communes | 704 |
Website | http://www.cotedor.fr |
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Its prefecture (capital) is the city of Dijon. The inhabitants of the department are called Costaloriens (women:Costaloriennes) or Côte-d'Oriens (women:Côte d'Oriennes).[4]