Burgundy Region Of France Map

Chablis shab lee côte de nuits the night slope.

Burgundy region of france map. The burgundy wine country is home to some of the most famous wine appellations in france from the great white wine regions of chablis pouilly fuisse puligny montrachet and meursault. You can open this downloadable and printable map of burgundy by clicking on the map itself or via this link. It consists of 5 large vineyards from north to south. The canal flows from the south east to the north west and emptys into the river yonne.

Located in the east central part of france burgundy has 5 primary wine growing areas not including beaujolais and châtillonnais. In 2016 the burgundy région was joined with the région of franche comté to form the new administrative entity of bourgogne franche comté. The actual dimensions of the burgundy map are 700 x 1221 pixels file size in bytes 141565. Later the region was divided between the duchy of burgundy to the west and the free county of burgundy to the east.

Chablis and grand auxerrois in yonne. The history of burgundy stretches back to the times when the region was inhabited in turn by celts romans gallo romans and in the 5th century the roman allies the burgundians a germanic people originating in bornholm baltic sea who settled there and established the kingdom of the burgundians. Limestone fossil by paul. Map of france showing burgundy and provincial boundaries in 1789.

To the mythical red wine communes of vosne romanée gevry chambertin nuits st georges vougeot pommard and so many more. The yonne nivère cote d or and saône et loire. A brief history of burgundy wine. A map of burgundy the old region of burgundy is divided into four departments.

Later the region was divided. About 200 million years ago the region was part of a vast tropical sea. Burgundy wine map burgundy s wine producing area stretches almost 300 km from joigny in yonne to mâcon in saône et loire. Côte de beaune the slope of beaune.

The duchy of burgundy is the better known of the two later becoming the french province of burgundy while the county of burgundy became the french province of franche comté literally meaning free county. Burgundy wine region map. This burgundian kingdom was conquered in the 6th century by another germanic tribe the franks who continued the kingdom of burgundy under their own rule. Côte chalonnaise the chalon slope.

The above map shows the position of the burgundy canal the rivers saône yonne seine and loire plus the some the other nearby canals yonne region and the northern section of the canal this is the northern section of the burgundy canal. Burgundy burgundy bourgogne historical region of france. The actual dimensions of the burgundy map are 1588 x 2191 pixels file size in bytes 655518. Under frankish dominion the kingdom of burgundy continued for several centuries.

The fine wines of the grand cru vineyards of the cote d or with its two sub regions of côte de nuits and côte de beaune are some of the most expensive.