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Beaune

City in the département of Côte-d'Or, France, 35 km/22 mi southwest of Dijon; population (1999) 21,900. It is the centre of the Burgundian wine trade, and has a wine museum, the Musée du Vin de Bourgogne. Industries include the production of agricultural equipment, casks, oil, white metal, and mustard. Notable buildings in the town include two 12th-century churches and a hospital, St Etienne, founded in 1443.

History

Beaune was the capital of a separate duchy under Charlemagne (742–814), but was united with Burgundy in 1227, becoming the first seat of the Burgundian parliament. The mathematician and chemist Gustave Monge was born here in 1746.



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