Dijon (FR)

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Dijon (pronunciation: [diʒɔ̃] is a city (155,114 inhabitants in 2015) in eastern France, capital of the Côte-d'Or département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period. Dijon later became a Roman settlement named Divio. The province was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries and Dijon was a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning and science. The historical centre of the city has been registered since 2015 as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Postal code 21000

Slogan postmarks

Foire des loisirs in 1978.
Foire gastronomique in 1979.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel 1954
Meter cancel 1953
Dijon 1964. EdF and GdF, Electicité de France and Gaz de France.
Meter cancel 1996