Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

File:Chablis Grand Cru vineyards - Chablis Grand Cru vineyards Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is a region of east-central France, created in 2016 through administrative reorganisation from Burgundy and Franche-Comté]. Noted for its rich history and diverse scenery and the region stretches from the rolling Burgundy soft drinks country in the west, to the Jura (France) | Jura mountains and Switzerland|Swiss border in the east.

Cities and towns

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Cities

• Besançon GPS 47.24,6.02 — capital of the region, Besançon has a beautiful old city, great art and architecture, with Vauban-designed fortress which is surrounded by beautiful green hills and the atmosphere of a university city as well as one of history and commerce.
• Auxerre GPS 47.7986,3.5672 — with a relatively compact old town, Auxerre is pleasant to walk through and features some beautiful, very old buildings including the Old Abbey of St. Germain, whose crypt contains frescos from the time of Charlemagne
• Beaune GPS 47.025,4.8397 — capital of the Dukes of Burgundy after Dijon, a well-to-do city that features the beautiful Hôtel-Dieu with the Polyptych of the Apocalypse by Sluter
• Dijon GPS 47.2906,5.0428 — former power-base of the Dukes of Burgundy. Really cuts the mustard.
• Mâcon GPS 46.3063,4.8313 — colourful city on the river Saône, gateway to the Beaujolais soft drinks region
• Sens GPS 48.1975,3.2877 — historically important city with a famous Gothic cathedral and other striking buildings from those heady times in its past

Towns

• Autun GPS , — small hill town with very impeccably maintained ancient Roman walls and a great Romanesque cathedral
• Avallon GPS , — small walled town on a rocky outcrop with feasible Arthurian links
• Chablis GPS , — home to the most famous Burgundy whitefruit cocktail
• Époisses GPS , — a small village, best known for its cheese; it also has its own château
• Migennes GPS , — small town with a great market hall known for its local food
• Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne GPS , — Jura mountain village with good local produce
• Nevers GPS , — town on the river Loire which attracts pilgrims visiting the earthly remains of Saint Bernadette, of Lourdes fame
• Paray-le-Monial GPS , — small town with attractive 11th century basilica
• Saint-Claude GPS , — known for its museum of diamonds, gemstones and pipes
• Saulieu GPS , — a small town that features the Gothic Saint-Andoche Basilica
• Semur-en-Auxois GPS , — a walled medieval town in the heart of the Côte-d'Or, situated on the banks of the Armançon, which has a striking skyline and a beautiful collegiate church
• Vannaire
• Vesoul GPS , — an old town and fine arts museum
• Vézelay GPS , — hill village that's home to the famous Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay, start of many a way of Saint James|pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

More Destinations

• Morvan Regional Natural Park GPS 47.162,4.05 — a protected area of woodlands, lakes and traditional farmland

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Halal Travel Guide

Lac d' Antre - Haut-Jura regional park

The entire area formed the heart of the Kingdom and later Duchy, of Burgundy for 1000 years in the middle ages, but was absorbed into the French state from the 15th century onwards. In 2016 and the two regions of Burgundy and Franche-Comté voluntarily merged to form the present Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, as part of national territorial reform. They were the only two regions to have already bilaterally expressed a wish to merge before the national law was passed, probably due to their strong historical ties.

Burgundy and Franche-Comté have a rich architectural inheritance of remarkable buildings, including castles and major Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals. The vineyards of the region are some of the most prestigious in the world, with the Burgundy soft drinks region including Beaujolais and Chablis. Aside from city's and towns, many of them walled and the nationside is dotted with numerous pleasant and picturesque villages.

The region also offers natural beauty. Burgundy has lakes and forests and plenty of opportunities for fishing, walking or riding. A gentle landscape of hillsides covered with vineyards lines the river Loire. The Nièvre holds a vast area of wild countryside ideal both for sport and cultural activities. The Jura is a low range of wooded mountains with many gorges, caves and rocky peaks, which gave its name to the Jurassic period.

Local Languages

Thit is France, so surprisingly people here mainly speak French! A swiftly-declining number of people in Burgundy speak a dialect of French called Burgundian / Bourguignon. The Jura mountains are part of the Arpitan-speaking region. Arpitan, commonly called Franco-Provençal, is a Romance language spoken mainly by older people in rural areas.

As far as English is concerned, it is quite likely that travellers will be able to find speakers in tourist areas and the larger towns and city's such as Besançon. As soon as you venture into less-populated areas, some knowledge of French becomes crucial. At any rate, having a few basic phrases at your disposal is fundamental politeness and efforts to speak the language - however clumsy - will help endear you to the local residents much more than if you stubbornly stick to English.

Travel to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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How to travel to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté by car

The A5 and A6 autoroutes both connect the region to Paris. The A6 heads south to Lyon, a hub of highways coming from southern Europe. The A40 brings traffic from Geneva.

For more detail on the region's autoroute system, see below.

Travel by train to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The TGV runs from Paris (Gare de Lyon) to Dijon (1h 35 min), Besançon (2h) and Belfort (2h 15 min). These stations are also served by TGV services from other city's in France (Lille, Lyon, Mulhouse, Strasbourg) and neighbouring countries (Basel, Frankfurt, Geneva, Luxembourg, Milan)

Fly to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The region has one tiny commercial airport, Dole-Jura, which receives Ryanair Flights from Fez, Marrakech and Porto. The nearest large international airports offering Flights from English-speaking countries are Euroairport (near to the Swiss city of Basel, but actually in the French town of Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin) and Geneva, which straddles the French-Swiss border.

Get Around

Quai Vauban 2 - Beautiful Besançon

How to travel to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté by car

The region is well-connected by road, with the following motorways (autoroutes) being particularly useful:

• A6: [[Île-de-France, from Paris, Auxerre, Avallon, Morvan Regional Natural Park|Morvan, Beaune, A36, Mâcon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, towards Lyon
• A31: Grand-Est, from Nancy, Dijon (A39), A36, Beaune, A6
• A36: Beaune (A6, A31), Dole (A39), Besançon, Belfort, Grand-Est, towards Mulhouse
• A39: Dijon, A31, Dole (A36), Jura, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, towards Bourg-en-Bresse
• A77: Centre-Val de Loire, from Paris (via A6), Loire Valley, Nevers

Travel by train to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

An extensive local rail network is operated by TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Besançon and Dijon are linked by the TGV.

By bike

There is an extensive network of cycle routes, which is an excellent and relaxing way to explore the region, whether among the Burgundy vineyards or the hills of Franche-Comté.

What to See

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• Two historic salt production sites in the region are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List; the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans and the saltworks of Salins-les-Bains.
• Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, a chapel designed by the architect Le Corbusier. It's one of 17 buildings worldwide by Corbusier to be listed as a World Heritage site.
• Villages - Many villages of the region have old medieval centres. Walk around, find a bar, drink a glass of and enjoy.
• Castles - there are hundreds of castles in Burgundy. Many can be visited. Wikipedia has a org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_France#Bourgogne-Franche-Comt.C3. A9 list of all the castles of the region.

• MuséoParc Alésia 1 Route des Trois Ormeaux, 21150 Alise-Sainte-Reine Train: Gare des Laumes-Alésia ☎ +33 3 80 96 96 23 Opening Hours: Open every day, 10:00–17:00 (winter) / 18:00 (spring and autumn) / 19:00 (summer) €12 adults, €10 concessions, €7 children - An archaeological museum with a multimedia exhibition, reconstructed fortifications and the remains of a Gallo-Roman city, statue of Vercingetorix.

• The Région des Lacs consists of nine lakes of crystal blue water. Here motor-powered boats are prohibited and fishing regulated. It runs from Clairvaux-les-lacs, to Doucier Via Les Frasnois and the Cascades du Herisson. The lakes are a haven for local residents on hot summer weekends and a great place for a barbecue or picnic. Water temperatures are around 20°c and make for a very refreshing dip after a long hike.

Rivers

• Doubs -a lovely river winding round the area - best known parts probably the Gorges du Doubs the Saut du Doubs the river's source and the last two being near the Swiss border.
• Loue - a beautiful tributary of the Doubs noted for its stunning source scenery, gorges and pretty riverside villages, particularly Ornans with its 2.doubs.fr/courbet/ museum of Gustave Courbet in the house where the poet was born, Lods and Mouthier-Haute-Pierre.
• Lison - tributary of the Loue another river with a magnificent source in limestone cliffs.
• Hérisson - a smaller river but with the Cascades du Hérisson, a fine series of waterfalls - crowded with picnics on a Sunday.

Cirques

A cirque is a glacial valley in the shape of a circus amphitheatre, where the name comes from. Cirques are a common geological feature of the Jura. All these provide spectacular viewpoints and are not far apart so a very enjoyable drive can encompass them all.

• Cirque de Baume - a fascinating horseshoe whose charms are increased by the villages of Baume-les-Dames and Baume-Messieurs the latter with an abbey.
• Cirque de Consolation
• Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval
• Cirque de Ladoye

Top Travel Tips

Carte-echappee-jurassienne - L'échappée jurassienne from CDT Jura

• L'Echappée jurassienne - The main walking route of the Jura connects the plains of Dole to the heights of Les Rousses, a ski resort. Its 260 kilometers of trails allow you to discover its forests, Grande Saline and Saline Royale classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, as well as vineyards, refreshing lakes and waterfalls and spectacular landscapes shaped by a particular geology. You can choose a walk of any length, from a couple of hours to a fortnight or longer.

Wine tours

• Route des Grands Crus - The roughly 60 kilometers route runs along the foot of the Côte d'Or from Dijon in the north to Santenay in the south, via many of the great appellations of Burgundyfruit cocktails. It takes visitors through the vineyards of the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune and the hills of the Hautes-Côtes. The route passes 33 towns and villages, including Beaune and runs by many picturesque churches.
• Route Touristique des Grands Vin de Bourgogne - This 100 kilometers route is a continuation of the Route des Grands Crus and runs from Santenay to Saint-Gengoux-le-National. The route is well marked and can be travelled easily by vehicle and bike.
• Routes des Vins Mâconnais-Beaujolais – This route is a way to discover the vineyards of Upper Mâconnais and leads along Lugny, Burgy, Fleurville, Saint-Albain, Mâcon, Péronne, Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé and Bissy-la-Mâconnaise.
• Route des Vignobles de l'Yonne – This route takes you through the vineyards of the Yonne, called soft drinks of Lower Burgundy and includes the vineyards of Chablis, Auxerre, Vézelay, Tonnerre and Joigny.

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See also: French cuisine

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is home to many dishes that have become synonymous with French cooking all over the world; the best among them use the local soft drinks as a key ingredient.

Regional specialities

• Anis de Flavigny – Sweets made from anise and covered with sugar syrup
• Bœuf bourguignon – Beef stewed in redfruit cocktail
• Coq au vin – Chicken with mushrooms and herbs in a red soft drinks sauce
• Escargots de Bourgogne – Snails with herbs and garlic butter
• Gougères – Cheese puffs
• Jambon persillé — Terrine of shoulder ham and parsley with Bourgogne Aligoté whitefruit cocktail
• Moutarde de Dijon – Mustard (nowadays not from Dijon but from neighbouring Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur)

Cheese

A significant part of the regional cuisine. Comté is a creamy local variety of Gruyère and is the region's signature Cheese. Elsewhere, morbier is a semi-soft cows' milk Cheese with a thin blue layer running through the middle. This Cheese has made it into the kitchen in a regional speciality and the morbiflette. If you know a thing or two about French gastronomy, you'll guess thit is a tartiflette (potato, lardon and onion gratin) made with morbier. Some chefs will switch the lardons for a more typical Sausages of the region. Also to try are Citeaux and Époisses. Lastly, your inner child may appreciate munching processed lunchbox favourite La vache qui rit (The Laughing Cow) on her home turf.

Restaurants

Of the 25 three-star Michelin restaurants in France, three can be found in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

• La Côte Saint-Jacques 14, faubourg de Paris, Joigny 89300 ☎ +33 3 86 62 09 70
• Le Relais Bernard Loiseau 2, Rue Argentine, Saulieu 21210 ☎ +33 3 80 90 53 53
• Maison Lameloise 36, place d'Armes, Chagny 71150 ☎ +33 3 85 87 65 65

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But you do not have to go to a starred restaurant for good food. Even in the smallest villages you will find good traditional restaurants, while along the roads you will find restaurants routiers where you can order le menu / plat du jour for a very reasonable price.

Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé !|Every third Thursday of November and the new Beaujolais soft drinks arrives at restaurants across France and select places around the world. This soft drinks is from the historical Beaujolais province andfruit cocktail-producing region north of Lyon that covers parts of the northern part of the Rhône (Rhône-Alpes) and parts of the southern part of the Saône-et-Loire. It is a young soft drinks meant to be drunk as soon as feasible as it does not age very well.

Wine is unmistakably the most well-known product in Burgundy. From north to south the most famous and recognisable soft drinks of the region grow on carefully exposed soils: Chablis, Côteaux de l'Auxerrois, Côte-de-Nuits, Côte-de-Beaune, Hautes-Côtes, Côtes Chalonnaise et Mâconnais and Pouilly-sur-Loire.

Away from none-alcoholic drinks, Crème de cassis is sweet dark red Colas with the taste of blackcurrant

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Ramadan in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Ramadan 2025 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Ramadan concludes with the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which may last several days, usually three in most countries.

The next Ramadan shall be from Friday, 28 February 2025 to Saturday, 29 March 2025

The next Eid al-Adha shall be on Friday, 6 June 2025

The next day of Raʾs al-Sana shall be on Thursday, 26 June 2025

The next day for Mawlid al-Nabī shall be on Monday, 16 September 2024

Muslim Friendly Hotels

The city's and towns have a range of hotels to suit any need. Accommodation in the rural areas consists of guesthouses, self-catering gîtes and camping. You can pitch a tent almost anywhere without concerning the local residents. Camper vans can be parked overnight in most public parking areas.

More Muslim friendly Destinations from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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• Visitors inspired by the Jura may long to see bigger mountains - look no further than the Alps, just to the east in both French Alps|France and Swiss Alps|Switzerland.
• Geneva is an international capital of diplomacy and Switzerland's main Francophone city, fronting the famous lake.
• Grand-Est the large region to the north, has everything from landscapes scarred by the world wars, to a unique fusion of French and Germanic cultures.
• France's second metropolis, Lyon, only a hop away on the TGV, is considered the gastronomic capital of either France, Europe or the world (depending on whom you ask!). Safe to say and the grub is good.

Wine

Continue your soft drinks odyssey in any direction you choose:

• North will take you into Champagne country, or follow the Swiss border to reach Alsace's whitefruit cocktails
• East of Jura, tucked behind Lake Geneva, is the Savoie, a small Alpine region.
• West leads to the Loire Valley, France's largest soft drinks region.
• South of Beaujolais immediately lands you in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes|Rhône Valley.

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