Bligny-lès-Beaune (, literally ''Bligny
near Beaune'') is a
commune in the
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.[department
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Government and military
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in eastern
France
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Notable people
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Jean Dard Jean Dard (June 21, 1789 — October 1, 1833) was a French teacher in Saint-Louis, Senegal who, in 1817, opened the first French-language school in Africa. He also compiled the first French-Wolof dictionary and grammar (1846).
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Charlotte-Adélaïde Dard
Charlotte-Adélaïde Dard (14 September 1798 – 2 November 1862) was a French writer best known for ''La Chaumière africaine ou Histoire d'une famille française jetée sur la côte occidentale de l'Afrique à la suite du naufrage de la fré ...
See also
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Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
References
External links
Communes of Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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