Lessard-le-National
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Chalon-sur-Saône | |
| Canton | Gergy | |
| Community association | Le Grand Chalon | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 52 ′ N , 4 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 185-229 m | |
| surface | 10.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 644 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71530 | |
| INSEE code | 71257 | |
| Website | http://www.lessard-le-national.fr/ | |
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 Town hall (Mairie) of Lessard-le-National  | 
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Lessard-le-National is a French municipality with 644 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Saône-et-Loire in the Région Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Chalon-sur-Saône and the canton Gergy (until 2015: canton Chagny ).
geography
Lessard-le-National is about nine kilometers north of Chalon-sur-Saône . Lessard-le-National is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Demigny in the north, Gergy in the east, Virey-le-Grand in the east and south-east, Fragnes-La Loyère in the south and south-west, Fontaines in the west and south-west and Chagny in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | 
| Residents | 85 | 125 | 227 | 283 | 483 | 547 | 642 | 597 | 
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Attractions
- Ruins of the Saint-Pancrace church
 - Lessard Fortress
 
Web links
Commons : Lessard-le-National  - collection of images, videos and audio files