Dijon
in Cote d'Or of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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Dijon-Bourgogne Airport (5 mi) - Beaune-Challanges Airport (22 mi)
- Dole-Tavaux Airport (27 mi)
- Besançon Thise Airport (50 mi)
- Vesoul-Frotey Airport (60 mi)
- Mâcon-Charnay Airport (71 mi)
- Vittel Champ De Course Airport (76 mi)
- Saint-Yan Airport (78 mi)
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Geneva Cointrin International Airport (91 mi) - Charles de Gaulle International Airport (163 mi)
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Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (169 mi)
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (Unesco heritage, 37 mi)
- From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt (Unesco heritage, 48 mi)
- Vézelay, Church and Hill (Unesco heritage, 60 mi)
- Historic Site of Lyons (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (Unesco heritage, 117 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 47.317 and 5.017 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 47° 19' 0" and E 5° 1' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- French, Breton, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Occitan
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:24 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/Paris
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:23 am and 5:23 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to France.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning France. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Dijon
Dijon in Cote d'Or (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) with it's 149,782 citizens is a city in France about 163 mi (or 262 km) south-east of Paris, the country's capital city.
Local time in Dijon is now 09:24 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Paris with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports in the vicinity of Dijon, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in France is Dijon-Bourgogne Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in France is Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay in a distance of 37 mi (or 59 km), North-West. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Beaune, Dole, Chalon-sur-Saone, Langres and Louhans. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 59 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 73% |
| Air Pressure | 1026 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 3% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 1st of November 2024
16°C (61 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 2nd of November 2024
15°C (58 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 3rd of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Grand Hôtel La Cloche Dijon - MGallery by Sofitel
Hôtel Philippe le Bon
Kyriad Prestige Dijon Centre
Appart’hôtel Odalys Les Cordeliers
Oceania Le Jura
Vertigo Hôtel - a Member of Design Hotels
Hostellerie Du Chapeau Rouge
ibis Dijon Gare
Hotel Wilson
Hôtel des Ducs
Videos from this area
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Dijon France Travel Guide
Fun Travel Guide to Dijon, what to see, what to do in Dijon. This Video log will take you traveling around Dijon to show you why you should visit Dijon. (Video log is courtesy of ATOUT FRANCE)
Tramway de Dijon (1)
Tramway de Dijon, (département de la Côte d'Or, France) Lignes T1 et T2.
TGV et TER en gare de Dijon (1)
Trafic des TGV et des TER en gare de Dijon (Département de la Côte d'Or, France)
Gopro Vtt Dijon
Test de la Gopro sur une petite session VTT aux alentours de Dijon. VTT : Scott Ransom.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, and is the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region. Dijon began as a Roman settlement called Divio, located on the road from Lyon to Paris. The province was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries and Dijon was a place of tremendous wealth and power and one of the great European centres of art, learning and science.
Arrondissement of Dijon
The arrondissement of Dijon is an arrondissement of France in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne region. It has 21 cantons and 259 communes.
Félix Kir
Canon Félix Kir (January 22, 1876 - April 26, 1968) was a French Catholic priest, resistance fighter and politician. He was born at Alise-Sainte-Reine on the Côte-d'Or. He entered a small seminary at Plombières-lès-Dijon in 1891 and was ordained 1901. He then worked as a parish priest. During the occupation of France during World War II, he took an active part in the French Resistance, helping with the escape of 5,000 prisoners of war from a camp at Longvic.
Well of Moses
The Well of Moses is a monumental sculpture recognised as the masterpiece of the Dutch artist Claus Sluter (1340-1405/6). It was executed by Sluter and his workshop in 1395–1403 for the Carthusian monastery of Chartreuse de Champmol built as a burial site by the Burgundian Duke Philip the Bold just outside the Burgundian capital of Dijon, now in France.
Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse
The Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse (2 hectares) is a botanical garden and arboretum located at 1 Avenue Albert-Premier, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. It is open daily without charge. The garden is located within a larger park and garden (5 hectares) created on the former 16th-century training grounds for chevaliers of the arquebus.
Champmol
The Chartreuse de Champmol, formally the Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinité de Champmol, was a Carthusian monastery on the outskirts of Dijon, which is now in France, but in the 15th century was the capital of the Duchy of Burgundy. The monastery was founded in 1383 by Duke Philip the Bold to provide a dynastic burial place for the Valois Dukes of Burgundy, and operated until it was dissolved in 1791, during the French Revolution.
Gare de Dijon-Ville
Gare de Dijon-Ville is the main railway station serving the city Dijon, Côte-d'Or department, eastern France. It is situated on the Paris–Marseille railway.
Kir Lake
Kir Lake (Lac Kir) is an artificial lake located west of Dijon, France. Traversed by the Ouche, it was completed in 1964 and named after Félix Kir (1876-1968), the mayor of Dijon and the lake’s creator.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Dijon.
- Beaune
- Dole
- Chalon-sur-Saone
- Langres
- Louhans
- Montbard
- Chaumont
- Autun
- Avrecourt
- Lons-le-Saunier
- Chezeaux
- Lavilleneuve-au-Roi
- Saulxures
- Bar-sur-Aube
- Besancon
- Macon
- Chateau-Chinon(Ville)
- Avallon
- Bourg-en-Bresse
- Charolles
- Laneuville-a-Remy
- Vesoul
- Neufchateau
- Saint-Claude
- Nantua
- Saint-Dizier
- Troyes
- Villefranche-sur-Saone
- Pontarlier
- Gex
Longvic › South: N274, Longvic (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Dijon, ديجون, Горад Дыжон, Дижон, དི་ཇཱོན།, Ντιζόν, دیژون, Dij·on, דיזון, दीजों, Դիժոն, DIJ, Digione, ディジョン, დიჟონი, 디종, Divio, Diviodunum, Digion, Dižonas, Dižona, दिजाँ, ڈیجون, ดีฌง, Діжон, دیجون, Dižon, 第戎
