The basins

5 basins in 1 region

Burgundy stone has a wide range of varieties of limestone - over 70 - extracted from 5 major basins.

Tonnerois basin occupies the terrain of Chablis wines; Massagis and Anstrude stones.
Côte dOr basin situated between Nuits St Georges and Châlon sur Saône;  Corton, Comblanchien and Chassagne stones...
Mâconnais basin
in southern Burgundy; Buxy and Saint Martin stone.
Châtillonnais basin
north of Dijon; Chanceaux, Poiseul, Lanvignes stones...
Nivernais basin
between Nevers and Cosne-sur-Loire ; Verger, Garchy and Donzy stones. 


Click on a basin to find the corresponding stones.


Carte des bassins

Map of basins