The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithicperiod. 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.
Source-Seine (French pronunciation:[suʁssɛn]), known as Source Seine during the first few months after its formation, is a commune in the Côte-d'Ordepartment in eastern France.
Montbard is a small industrial town on the river Brenne. The Forges de Buffon, ironworks established by Buffon, are located in the nearby village of Buffon. There has been a cricket team in the town since 1993.
Covering an area 6,817 square kilometres (2,632 sq mi), Nièvre is landlocked between six other departments: Yonne to the north, Côte-d'Or to the east, Saône-et-Loire to the southeast, Allier to the south, Cher to the west and Loiret to the northwest.
Côte-d'Or in the context of Saint-Germain-Source-Seine
Saint-Germain-Source-Seine (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃ʒɛʁmɛ̃suʁssɛn]) was a former commune in the Côte-d'Ordepartment in eastern France. On 1 January 2009, Saint-Germain-Source-Seine was merged with Blessey to form the new commune of Source-Seine. Its population was 28 in 2006.
The Vertault relief is a Roman relief found in Vertault, the ancient Vertillum, in the Department of Côte-d'Or in France. The sites of the temple and baths were excavated by Louis Coutant beginning in 1846, and all the artifacts found there, including the Vertault relief, are now held by the Museum of Châtillon-sur-Seine.