Côte-d'Or

'''Côte-d'Or'* (literally, " 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.

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'').

## History 
Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the old province of Burgundy. It was divided in seven districts: Arnay-le-Duc, Beaune, Châtillon-sur-Seine, Dijon, Is-sur-Tille, Saint-Jean-de-Losne and Semur-en-Auxois.

In 1800, with the creation of the *arrondissements* in France, the seven districts were changed into four *arrondissements*: Dijon, Beaune, Châtillon-sur-Seine and Semur-en-Auxois.

After the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), the department was occupied by the Austrian army from June 1815 to November 1818.

In 1926, the *arrondissement* of Montbard was made with the *arrondissements* of Châtillon-sur-Seine and Semur-en-Auxois.

The French word *côte* means, in this case, a slope that geologists usually name with the Spanish word *cuesta*.

## Geography
Côte-d'Or is part of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The department borders with 7 departments that are part of 2 regions:
* Grand Est region
** Aube (north)
** Haute-Marne (northeast)
* Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
** Haute-Saône (east)
** Jura (southeast)
** Saône-et-Loire (south)
** Nièvre (southwest)
** Yonne (west)

The department has an area of . it is in the *commune* Ménessaire. The lowest point of the department,  high, is where the river Saône leaves the department, in the *commune* Chivres.

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 (without the hyphen). It is the south-east facing slope of this escarpment which is the site of the celebrated Burgundy vineyards. To the south-east of the plateau and escarpment, the department lies in the broad valley of the middle section of the river Saône.
### Rivers
The main rivers of Côte-d'Or are:
* The Seine, with its source in the southern end of the Plateau de Langres, in the *commune* Source-Seine.
** The Aube, right tributary of the Seine.
** The Armançon and the Serein, tributaries of the Yonne which is a left tributary of the Seine.
* The Saône, an important tributary of the Rhône. It flows through several *communes* of the Côte-d'Or department and some of the tributaries are Vingeanne, Tille, Bèze and Ouche.
* The Arroux is a right tributary of the Loire.

### Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Dijon is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype "Cfb".

The average temperature for the year in Dijon is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month, on average is January, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Dijon is . The month with the most precipitation on average is October with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

The following is a list of the 23 cantons of the Côte-d'Or department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

# Arnay-le-Duc (2101)
# Auxonne (2102)
# Beaune (2103)
# Brazey-en-Plaine (2104)
# Châtillon-sur-Seine (2105)
# Chenôve (2106)
# Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur (2107)
# Dijon-1 (2108)
# Dijon-2 (2109)
# Dijon-3 (2110)
# Dijon-4 (2111)
# Dijon-5 (2112)
# Dijon-6 (2113)
# Fontaine-lès-Dijon (2114)
# Genlis (2115)
# Is-sur-Tille (2116)
# Ladoix-Serrigny (2117)
# Longvic (2118)
# Montbard (2119)
# Nuits-Saint-Georges (2120)
# Saint-Apollinaire (2121)
# Semur-en-Auxois (2122)
# Talant (2123)

## Demographics
Côte d'Or has a population, in 2014, of 531,380, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Dijon, with 373,574 inhabitants, is by far the one with more inhabitants. The other two, Beaune and Montbard, have respectively 97,107 and 60,699 inhabitants.

'''Evolution of the population in Côte-d'Or'''

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The main cities in the department are:

## Gallery

File:Palais des Ducs.JPG|Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon
File:Hostel Dieu Beaune.jpg|Hospices de Beaune
File:Abbaye de Fontenay-EgliseBatiments.jpg|Abbey of Fontenay
File:Chateau La Rochepot 01.jpg|Château de la Rochepot

File:Château de Bourbilly (nord).jpg|Château de Bourbilly (north side)
File:Vigne4.jpg|Vineyards in Côte-d'Or
File:Côte de Beaune region, Burgundy.jpg|French wine region of the Côte de Beaune, Côte d'Or

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Côte-d'Or department
* Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

## References
## Other websites
* Departmental Council website  
* Prefecture website  
* Pays Beaunois