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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Map
Every department, city and town in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and departments above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a department to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté map with cities
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté departments map
Key facts
- Capital
- Dijon
- Largest city
- Dijon (161,830)
- Population
- 2,802,670 (2023)
- Area
- 47,787 km² (18,451 sq mi)
- Departments of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- 8
- Most populous department
- Saône-et-Loire (550,310)
- Largest department by area
- Côte-d'Or, 8,763 km² (3,383 sq mi)
About Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has 8 departments and about 2,802,670 people (2023) on 47,787 km² (18,451 sq mi). Dijon is both the capital and the largest city, with 161,830 people. It borders Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Centre-Val de Loire, Grand Est, Île-de-France and Switzerland.
Saône-et-Loire is the most populous department (550,310 people) and Territoire de Belfort the least (140,255); Côte-d'Or is the largest by area (8,763 km²) and Territoire de Belfort the smallest (610 km²).
Largest cities in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 127 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Department | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dijon | Côte-d'Or | 161,830 |
| 2 | Besançon | Doubs | 118,489 |
| 3 | Belfort | Territoire de Belfort | 45,912 |
| 4 | Chalon-sur-Saône | Saône-et-Loire | 45,102 |
| 5 | Mâcon | Saône-et-Loire | 35,177 |
| 6 | Auxerre | Yonne | 35,097 |
| 7 | Nevers | Nièvre | 33,085 |
| 8 | Sens | Yonne | 27,106 |
| 9 | Montbéliard | Doubs | 24,672 |
| 10 | Dole | Jura | 23,840 |
| 11 | Le Creusot | Saône-et-Loire | 20,509 |
| 12 | Beaune | Côte-d'Or | 20,352 |
| 13 | Pontarlier | Doubs | 18,067 |
| 14 | Montceau-les-Mines | Saône-et-Loire | 17,064 |
| 15 | Lons-le-Saunier | Jura | 16,618 |
| 16 | Vesoul | Haute-Saône | 15,078 |
| 17 | Chenôve | Côte-d'Or | 14,244 |
| 18 | Audincourt | Doubs | 14,071 |
| 19 | Autun | Saône-et-Loire | 13,172 |
| 20 | Talant | Côte-d'Or | 11,896 |
| 21 | Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | Côte-d'Or | 11,108 |
| 22 | Héricourt | Haute-Saône | 10,621 |
| 23 | Valentigney | Doubs | 10,501 |
| 24 | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire | Nièvre | 9,733 |
| 25 | Paray-le-Monial | Saône-et-Loire | 9,291 |
Populations are INSEE's populations légales 2023 (population municipale, in force on 1 January 2026); the 8 departments add up to the region's 2,802,670, as on the France map. Towns are communes at their town halls: every prefecture and sub-prefecture, and every other commune of 3,000 people or more.
Departments of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
All 8 departments. Select one to show it on the map.
| Dijon | 540,100 | 8,763 | |
| Besançon | 547,163 | 5,233 | |
| Vesoul | 233,185 | 5,361 | |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 257,973 | 5,000 | |
| Nevers | 201,417 | 6,816 | |
| Mâcon | 550,310 | 8,576 | |
| Belfort | 140,255 | 610 | |
| Auxerre | 332,267 | 7,429 |
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Sources
- Departments, regions, prefectures, sub-prefectures and communes: IGN, ADMIN EXPRESS COG CARTO 4.0, edition of 1 January 2026 (data.geopf.fr); department areas are the communes' cadastral areas.
- Populations: INSEE, populations légales 2023 (in force on 1 January 2026), population municipale by region, department and commune (insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8680726).
- Motorways and national roads: IGN, ROUTE 500 3.0, edition of November 2021.
- Rivers, lakes and lagoons: Sandre, BD TOPAGE 2025 (watercourses and water bodies, edition of August 2025).