Blanzy

Blanzy
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 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 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.

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
4555	4470	4975	6739	7642	7070	6809	6557
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

A partnership has existed with the German municipality of Hettenleidelheim in Rhineland-Palatinate since 1978.

Château du Plessis

Château du Plessis, castle built in the 13th century, with restoration and reconstruction of parts in the 18th and 19th centuries
Mine Museum

Commons : Blanzy - collection of images, videos and audio files