Montbard is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 and subprefecture of the Côte-d'Or

Côte-d'Or

Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...

 department in the Bourgogne

Bourgogne

Burgundy is one of the 27 regions of France.The name comes from the Burgundians, an ancient Germanic people who settled in the area in early Middle-age. The region of Burgundy is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy, from the modern...

 region

Régions of France

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 in eastern France

France

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Montbard is a small industrial town on the river Brenne. The Forges de Buffon, ironworks established by Buffon, are located in the nearby village of Buffon

Buffon, Côte-d'Or

Buffon is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-Personalities:* Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon established ironworks there .-References:*...

. There has been a cricket team in the town since 1993.

History

Montbard is near the site of Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay

Abbey of Fontenay

The Abbey of Fontenay is a former Cistercian abbey located in the commune of Marmagne, near Montbard, in the département of Côte-d'Or in France. It was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118, and built in the Romanesque style...

, which became a UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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 in 1981.

The Château

Château

A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...

 was the scene of the marriage of Anne de Bourgogne and John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford in 1423. It was acquired by the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author.His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier...

.

Population

Transportation

Some TGV

TGV

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 express trains between Paris

Paris

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 and Dijon

Dijon

Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....

 stop at Montbard.

The Burgundy Canal

Canal of Burgundy

The Burgundy Canal is a canal in Burgundy in central eastern France. There are two river entrances; to the north the Yonne River allows access in the town of Migennes, and in the south the Saône allows access in the town Saint-Jean-de-Losne. The construction began in 1775 and was completed in 1832...

 also passes through the town.

Personalities

Montbard was the birthplace of:

• Jean Bardin
  Jean Bardin
  Jean Bardin, a French historical painter, born at Montbard in 1732, was a pupil of Lagrénée, the elder; and afterwards studied at Rome. He became a popular artist in France, and was admitted into the Academy in 1779. He was made director of the art school at Orléans in 1788. His subjects are partly...
  
   (1732-1809), historical painter
• Buffon
  Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
  Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author.His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier...
  
   (1707-1788), naturalist and mathematician
• Daubenton
  Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
  Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was a French naturalist.Daubenton was born at Montbard . His father, Jean Daubenton, a notary, intended him for the church, and sent him to Paris to study theology, but Louis-Jean-Marie was more interested in medicine...
  
  , (1716-1800), naturalist and collaborator of Buffon
• Eugène Guillaume
  Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume
  Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume was a French sculptor.-Biography:He was born at Montbard, Côte-d'Or. He studied under Cavelier, Millet, and Barrias, at the École des Beaux-Arts, which he entered in 1841, and where he gained the prix de Rome in 1845 with "Theseus finding on a rock his...
  
   (1822-1905), sculptor

Deaths

Jean-Andoche Junot

Jean-Andoche Junot

Jean-Andoche Junot, 1st Duke of Abrantès was a French general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.-Early life:...

(1771-1813), general during the First French Empire, committed suicide in Montbard

External links

• Economic statistics text in French.