COTARNINE : see NARCOTINE.
a department of eastern France, formed of the northern region of the old province of Burgundy, bounded north by the department of Aube, north-east by Haute-Marne, east by Haute-Saone and Jura, south by Saone-et-Loire, and west by Nievre and Yonne. Area, 3,392 square m. Pop. The plateau de Langres, consisting chiefly of Jurassic rocks, runs from north-east to south-west through the centre of the depart ment and separates the basin of the Seine from that of the Saone. In the north-west is the wooded district of Chatillonais drained by the Seine and the Ource, both fed by the abundant springs charac teristic of Burgundy. Spurs from the granitic mountains of Mor van occupy the south-west where the Arroux, a tributary of the Loire, the Armancon and other affluents of the Yonne are the chief rivers. The western slopes of the department are well watered and provide good pasture for sheep and cattle. The eastern side is drier and warmer and is famous for its vineyards, especially those of the Cote-d'Or which comprise the three main groups of Beaune, Nuits and Dijon. The Tertiary rocks of the Saone valley provide good agricultural land. The chief cereals are wheat, oats and barley; potatoes, hops, beetroot, rape-seed, colza and some tobacco are also produced. The department has anthracite mines and produces freestone, lime and cement. Manufactures include iron, steel, nails, tools, machinery and other iron goods, paper, earthenware, tiles and bricks, morocco leather goods, biscuits and mustard, and there are flour-mills, distilleries, oil and vinegar works and breweries. Coal is the principal import ; there is an active export trade in wine, brandy, cereals and live stock and in manufactured goods. The P.L.M. railway main line passes through Dijon. The canal of Burgundy, connecting the Saone with the Yonne, has a length of 94 m. in the department, while that from the Marne to the Saone has a length of 24 m.
Cote-d'Or is divided into the arrondissements of Dijon, Beaune and Montbard, with 37 cantons and 717 communes. It forms the diocese of the bishop of Dijon, and part of the archi-episcopal province of Lyons and of the 8th military region. Dijon is the seat of the educational circumscription (academnie) and court of appeal to which the department is assigned. Chateauneuf has a château of the 15th century, St. Seine-l'Abbaye, a fine Gothic abbey church, and Saulieu, a Romanesque abbey church of the Ilth century. The château of Bussy Rabutin (at Bussy-le Grand), founded in the 12th century, has an interesting collec tion of pictures. Montbard, the birthplace of the naturalist Buffon, has a keep of the 14th century and other remains of a castle of the dukes of Burgundy. The remarkable Renaissance chapel (1536) of Pagny-le-Château, belonged to the château destroyed in 1768. At Fontenay, near Marmagne, a paper-works occupies the buildings of a well-preserved Cistercian abbey of the 12th century. At Vertault there are remains of a theatre and other buildings marking the site of the Gallo-Roman town of Vertilium.
See also DIJON, BEAUNE, CHATILLON-SUR-SEINE, SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, AUXONNE, FLAVIGNY and CITEAUX.