Beaune, a well-built town in the French département Côte d'Or, 23 miles SSW. of Dijon by rail, with a fine parish church, Notre Dame (13th century); a splendid hospital, founded in 1443 by Nicholas Rollin; and a bronze statue (1849) of Monge the mathematician. It manufactures serges, woollen cloth, and cutlery, and is a chief seat of the Burgundy wine trade, Beaune giving name to one of the best Burgundies. During the Franco-German war in 1870, the town was several times occupied by the Germans. Pop. 11,755.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 3–4
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