Vix, Côte-d'Or

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

Administration
Commune of Vix
Location

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 area^¹	3.53 km²
Population^² (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.

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.