Beaune

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Beaune

Total population

20,032

Coordinates47.02°, 4.84°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Beaune is a town in eastern France widely considered the wine capital of Burgundy, in the Côte-d'Or department. It is between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of France's key wine centers and a major hub of Burgundy wine production and business. The Hospices de Beaune's annual wine auction is the primary wine auction in France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gaspard Monge

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)

Étienne-Jules Marey

French scientist and chronophotographer (1830–1904)

Bruno Latour

French sociologist and philosopher (1947–2022)

Félix Ziem

French painter (1821-1911)

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Auguste Cornu

French historian (1888–1981)

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André Betta

French footballer

Gaston Chevrolet

American racing driver (1892-1920)

Albert Corey

French long distance runner (1878-1926)

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Henri Maldiney

French philosopher (1912-2013)

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Vivant-François de Vaublanc

French military personnel

Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix

Roman Catholic bishop (1805–1862)

François Garnier

archbishop of Cambrai, France (1944–2018)

Alphonse Nudant

French soldier (1861–1952)

Jules-Paul Johannard

French communard (1843–1892)

Paul Ivry

French composer (1829–1903)

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Pierre Menault

French composer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Large Red Damselfly

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Seen 2026-06-11

European Harvestman

Phalangium opilio

Seen 2026-06-11

European Serin

Serinus serinus

Seen 2026-06-10

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-06-09

Red Cicada

Tibicina haematodes

Seen 2026-06-09

Four-spotted Moth

Tyta luctuosa

Seen 2026-06-09

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-06-08

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-06-08

Ivy-leaved toadflax

Cymbalaria muralis

Seen 2026-06-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers