Joncy
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon | |
| Canton | Blanzy | |
| Community association | Clunisois | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 37 ′ N , 4 ° 33 ′ E | |
| height | 222-450 m | |
| surface | 15.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 530 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71460 | |
| INSEE code | 71242 | |
| Website | www.joncy.fr | |
 Rural sheepfold made of natural stones (Cabane en pierre sèche) in Rains |
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Joncy is a French municipality with 530 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Saône-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the arrondissement of Mâcon and the canton of Blanzy .
geography
Joncy is located in the south of Burgundy on the edge of the area of the former County of Charolais , north of the Maçonnais, 97 kilometers north of Lyon , 16 kilometers southeast of Montceau-les-Mines and about 12 kilometers northeast of the canton capital La Guiche , between the neighboring communities of Saint-Clément -sur-Guye in the east, Burzy in the southeast and Collonge-en-Charollais in the northwest. The Guye , a tributary of the Grosne, runs east of the town center. The hamlet of Rains belongs to the municipality.
history
Rains was formerly the seat of a seigneurie and Joncy the seat of a barony .
Attractions
Joncy Castle dates back to the 16th century.
In Rains there is a sheepfold made of natural stones that was built without mortar. In French these buildings are called Cabane en pierre sèche . They were built in rural areas from the 17th to the 19th centuries to temporarily accommodate agricultural implements, farm animals, or workers. The Cabane von Rains faces a Murgers . Murger are wide walls or ramparts that are used in viticulture to separate plots from each other.
economy
In the Rains limestone quarry , yellow and gray limestone from the Bajocian was mined. The Joncynois' major occupations today are viticulture, agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle and domestic pigs .
Web links
- Joncy on cartesfrance.fr in French
Individual evidence
- ^ Joncy on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ↑ Léonce Lex: Les fiefs du Mâconnais . ouvrage publié sous les auspices de l'Académie de Mâcon. Impr. De Protat frères, Maçon 1897, p. 48 + 72 (French, in Gallica [accessed on March 2, 2010]).
- ^ Françoise Vignier: Le Guide des Châteaux de France, 71 Saône-et-Loire . Editions Hermé, Paris, 1985, in French.
- ^ Bergerie au lieu dit Rains à Joncy (Saône-et-Loire) (French) Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ Joncy in the Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments historiques (French). Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ↑ Economie locale on joncy.fr ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in French.
