Gigny-sur-Saône
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Chalon-sur-Saône | |
| Canton | Tournus | |
| Community association | Entre Saône et Grosne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 40 ′ N , 4 ° 57 ′ E | |
| height | 167-183 m | |
| surface | 14.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 528 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71240 | |
| INSEE code | 71219 | |
| Website | http://www.gigny-sur-saone.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Gigny-sur-Saône |
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Gigny-sur-Saone is a French commune with 528 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (before 2016 Bourgogne ); it belongs to the arrondissement Chalon-sur-Saône and is part of the canton of Tournus (until 2015 Sennecey-le-Grand ).
geography
Gigny-sur-Saône is located about seventeen kilometers south-southeast of Chalon-sur-Saône on the Saône , which borders the municipality in the east. Gigny-sur-Saône is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Marnay in the north, Saint-Germain-du-Plain in the east and northeast, Ormes in the east and southeast, Boyer in the south, Sennecey-le-Grand in the west and southwest and Saint-Cyr in the Northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 486 | 450 | 392 | 370 | 401 | 504 | 517 | 544 | 537 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pancrace church
- L'Épervière Castle, historic monument since 1976
Saint-Pancrace church
L'Épervière Castle
Personalities
- Clément Cyriaque de Mangin (1570–1642), writer, mathematician and astronomer
- René Grelin (* 1942), racing cyclist
