Blanzy
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region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
Arrondissement | Autun | |
Canton | Blanzy (main town) | |
Community association | Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 42 ' N , 4 ° 23' E | |
height | 277-399 m | |
surface | 39.95 km 2 | |
Residents | 6,146 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 154 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 71450 | |
INSEE code | 71040 | |
Website | http://www.blanzy71.fr/ | |
Blanzy Town Hall |
Blanzy is a French municipality with 6146 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Autun and the canton of Blanzy . The inhabitants are called Blanzynois (es) .
geography
Blanzy is on the Bourbince River and the Canal du Center . The tributary Sorme , which flows in here, is dammed up to form Lake Étang de la Sorme , which is partly on the municipal area. Blanzy is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Bizots in the north, Saint-Eusèbe and Marigny in the east, Gourdon in the south, Saint-Vallier in the south-west, Montceau-les-Mines and Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes in the west and Charmoy in the north-west.
The national route 70 and the Le Coteau-Montchanin railway run through the municipality .
history
The site is of archaeological and anthropological interest as a place where Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons were found .
As a Gallo-Roman settlement, the place bears the name Blandiacus . In the eighth century the Arabs are said to have penetrated this far.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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4555 | 4470 | 4975 | 6739 | 7642 | 7070 | 6809 | 6557 | |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the German municipality of Hettenleidelheim in Rhineland-Palatinate since 1978.
Personalities
- Louis-Marie Michon (1802–1866), surgeon
- Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (* 1958), tenor
Attractions
- Château du Plessis, castle built in the 13th century, with restoration and reconstruction of parts in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Mine Museum