Dijon (French pronunciation: [diʒɔ̃] ( listen)) is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Bourgogne region. Dijon is the historical capital of the province of Burgundy. Population (2005): 150,800 for the commune; 236,953 for the greater Dijon area.
Dijon began as a Roman settlement called Divio, located on the road from Lyon to...