The Nievre department belongs to the Burgundy region. It is located in the centre of France , and has borders with Yonne, Côte d’Or, Saône-et-Loire, Allier (Auvergne), Cher and Loiret ( Centre region ). Nievre is the governmental centre of the subdivision, the sub centres being Château-Chinon, Clamecy and Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire. In The Nievre department With 222,250 residents, called the Nivernais, the department gathers 313 towns and villages, and 4 historical countries: Nivernais-Morvan, Bourgogne-Nivernaise, Puisaye-Forterre and Nevers sud-Nivernais. There are manufacturers of farming equipments and hardware, potteries, producers of porcelain, and faience (at Nevers), tile-works, chemical works, paper-mills and saw-mills, as well as numerous tanneries, boot and shoe factories, cask manufactories and oil works