Mailly

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Mailly
Mailly (France)
Mailly
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement Charolles
Canton Chauffailles
Community association Canton de Semur-en-Brionnais
Coordinates 46 ° 13 '  N , 4 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 13 '  N , 4 ° 7'  E
height 316-460 m
surface 5.47 km 2
Residents 155 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 71340
INSEE code 71271

Mailly - the site

Mailly is a French municipality with 155 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .

location

Mailly lies at an altitude of about 420 meters above sea level. d. M. in the old cultural landscape of the Brionnais in the south of Burgundy. The place is about 35 kilometers (driving distance) south of Paray-le-Monial and about 25 kilometers north of Roanne . The places worth seeing Marcigny , Semur-en-Brionnais , Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy , Charlieu and Iguerande are all within a radius of only 10-15 kilometers.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 139 166 166 175 161 166 174

In the 19th century the place had over 500 inhabitants for a long time.

economy

The hilly area around Mailly has always been characterized by agriculture, with viticulture, which continued into the 19th century, was completely given up after the phylloxera crisis . Nowadays cattle breeding ( Charolais cattle) plays a bigger role. The place itself functioned as a handicraft, trade and service center for several hamlets and individual farms in the area until the early 20th century.

Attractions

  • The parish church of Mailly is still partly of late Romanesque origin. The originally single-nave nave was enlarged to three naves in the 19th century. The church was built over a crypt that was not rediscovered until the 1970s.
  • A three-wing, two-storey palace complex is only a short distance away.

Web links

Commons : Mailly  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files