Vix, Côte-d'Or

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Coordinates: 47°54′22″N 4°32′24″E / 47.906, 4.54

Commune of Vix

Location
Vix, Côte-d'Or (France)
Vix, Côte-d'Or
Administration
Country France
Region Bourgogne
Department Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement Montbard
Canton Châtillon-sur-Seine
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays Châtillonnais
Mayor M. Alain Aubert
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 196 m–306 m
(avg. 328 m)
Land area¹ 3.53 km²
Population²
(1999)
107
 - Density 30/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 21711/ 21400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Vix is a town and commune in the Côte-d'Or département, in northern Burgundy, France.

[edit] Archaeology

Main article: Vix Grave

The area around the village of Vix is the site of an important prehistoric complex from the Celtic Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, comprising an important fortified settlement and several burial mounds. The most famous of the latter, the Vix Grave, also known as the grave of the Lady of Vix, dates to circa 500 BC. Her grave had never been looted and contained remarkably rich grave offerings, including a great deal of jewellery and the Vix krater, the largest known metal vessel from antiquity.

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