Houses & Properties for Sale in Cote d'Or in Burgundy

Côte-d'Or is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of North east France, its prefecture is Dijon and sub-prefectures are Beaune and Montbard. It is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution in March 1790, and was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy. The Côte-d'Or is surrounded by the departments of Yonne, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Jura, Aube, Haute-Saône and Haute-Marne. A chain of hills called the Plateau de Langres runs from north-east to south-west through the department to the north of Dijon and continues south-westwards as the Côte d'Or escarpment, which takes its name from that of the department. It is the south-east facing slope of this escarpment which is the site of the celebrated Burgundy vineyards. To the west of the Plateau de Langres, towards Champagne, lies the densely wooded district of Châtillonais. To the south-east of the plateau and escarpment, the department lies in the broad, flat-bottomed valley of the middle course of the Saône.

Côte-d'Or is one of the premier wine-growing region of France, it produces what are arguably the world's finest and most expensive Pinot noir and Chardonnay wines from some of the most rigorously and painstakingly classified vineyards in the world. Wine from the Côte-d'Or was a favorite of the emperor Charlemagne. Other crops include cereal grains and potatoes. Sheep and cattle (Charolais) are also raised in the department, also famous for Dijon mustard. You can learn more about this french department on wikipedia.