What is Dijon?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Dijon |commune status = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Dijon - montage.jpg |caption = Top: Dijon City Hall, Bottom: Saint Benigne Cathedral, Statue of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Statue of Francois Rude, Saint Michel Church |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Dijon (Côte-d'Or).svg |arrondissement = Dijon |canton = Chief town of 6 cantons |INSEE = 21231 |postal code = 21000 |mayor = [[François Rebsamen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dijon.fr/Vie-municipale/Vos-elus/Francois-REBSAMEN-votre-maire |title=François REBSAMEN, votre maire |publisher=Ville de Dijon |language=French |accessdate=2 December 2017 |date= |archive-date=7 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207001142/https://www.dijon.fr/Vie-municipale/Vos-elus/Francois-REBSAMEN-votre-maire |url-status=dead }}</ref> |term = 2015–2020 |intercommunality = Dijon Métropole |coordinates = {{coord|47.2906|5.0428|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 315 |elevation min m = 220 |elevation max m = 410 |area km2 = 40.41 |population = 153668 |population date = 2014 |website = http://www.dijon.fr/ }} '''Dijon''' is a [[communes in France|commune]] in [[France]]. It is the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Côte-d'Or]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] [[Regions of France|region]]; it is also the prefecture (regional [[Capital city|capital]]) of the region but the council of the region meets in [[Besançon]]. It is the main city of the department and also the largest city of the region. == History == Dijon began as a [[Rome|Roman]] settlement called Divio. Saint Benignus (Saint Kelly), the city's patron saint, is said to have spread Christianity to the area before being kille