Boyer (Saône-et-Loire)

Boyer
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Tournus
Community association	Entre Saône et Grosne
Coordinates	46 ° 36 '  N , 4 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '  N , 4 ° 53'  E
height	169-305 m
surface	16.93 km 2
Residents	719 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	71700
INSEE code	71052
City Hall (Mairie) by Boyer

Boyer is a French municipality with 719 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté ; it belongs to the arrondissement Chalon-sur-Saône and is part of the canton of Tournus (until 2015: canton of Sennecey-le-Grand ). The inhabitants are called boétrats .

geography

Boyer is located about 21 kilometers south of Chalon-sur-Saône on the Saône . Boyer is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sennecey-le-Grand in the north, Gigny-sur-Saône and Ormes in the northeast, Simandre in the east, Tournus in the south, Vers in the southwest and Jugy in the west.

Population development

year	1936	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	811	750	760	704	673	646	655	639	671	691
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Menhir La Pierre-Fiche on the Saône , Monument historique since 1923
• Notre-Dame monastery in Venière
• Saint-Loup church
• L'Arvolot castle from the 18th century
• Pymont Castle
• Venière Castle

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  Saint-Loup church

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  Notre-Dame monastery

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  Arvolot Castle

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  Venière Castle

Personalities

• Loup de Chalon-sur-Saône (6th century; † around 610), Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône (601–602), saint of the Roman Catholic Church, born here

Web links

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