Charnay-lès-Mâcon
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon | |
| Canton | Mâcon-1 | |
| Community association | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 19 ′ N , 4 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 179-310 m | |
| surface | 12.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,376 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 587 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71850 | |
| INSEE code | 71105 | |
| Website | http://www.charnay.com | |
 Sainte-Madeleine church |
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Charnay-lès-Mâcon is a French municipality with 7376 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the arrondissement of Mâcon and the canton of Mâcon-1 .
geography
The community is located in the urban center west of Mâcon in the Mâconnais countryside . Neighboring municipalities are Hurigny in the north, Mâcon in the east and south, Fuissé and Solutré-Pouilly in the south-west, Davayé in the west and Prissé and Chevagny-les-Chevrières in the north-west.
The Petite Grosne River runs along the western municipal boundary and flows into the Saône at Mâcon .
Transport links
Charnay-les-Mâcon benefits in terms of its accessibility from the immediate vicinity of the city of Mâcon, which is well-developed in terms of transport.
Run through your own municipality:
- the A6 motorway (Paris-Lyon)
- the national road N79
- the TGV route LGV Sud-Est with Mâcon-Loché-TGV station (in the municipality of Mâcon)
The airport: Aérodrome de Mâcon - Charnay ( ICAO code : LFLM) is also located in the municipality of Charnay-les-Mâcon
history
The place is attested in 739 under the name Carnacus . This is composed on the one hand of the Welsh Carn for "pile of stones" and the Welsh suffix -acum for a place or property. It is homonymous with Carnac , Carnac-Rouffiac, Charnat and various other community names with the Charnay component .
Since 968 attested as a place of worship for the veneration of St. Peter, the church of the market town of Charnay took over the name of Sainte-Madeleine in the 16th century .
Twin cities
- Brackenheim , Germany
- Castagnole delle Lanze , Italy
- Tudor Vladimirescu , Romania
- Zbrosławice , Poland
- Tarnalelesz , Hungary
Personalities
- Claude Brosse (1656–1731), wine-growing legend, advertising ambassador at the court of Louis XIV for the wines from Beaujolais - Mâconnais
- Claude-Philibert Barthelot de Rambuteau (1781–1869), politician and civil servant, pioneer of the great Parisian renovation work under Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann , who lived in the Domaine de Champgrenon before he became prefect in Paris.
- Abbé Antoine Ferret, initiator of numerous projects, a. a. the scout movement for the benefit of the Catholic Church
- Marius Lacrouze, flight pioneer and test pilot
- Marine Lorphelin (* 1993), Miss France 2013
Web links
- Official website of the municipality
- Tourist information (German)
- CAMVAL Communauté Agglomération du Mâconnais - Val de Saône (Official website of the community association)
- Key figures from INSEE on Charnay-lès-Mâcon