Ouroux-sur-Saône

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Ouroux-sur-Saône
Ouroux-sur-Saône coat of arms
Ouroux-sur-Saône (France)
Ouroux-sur-Saône
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement Louhans
Canton Ouroux-sur-Saône (main town)
Community association Terres de Bresse
Coordinates 46 ° 43 '  N , 4 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 43 '  N , 4 ° 57'  E
height 171-197 m
surface 22.62 km 2
Residents 3,072 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 136 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 71370
INSEE code
Website http://www.ouroux-sur-saone.fr/

Ouroux-sur-Saone is a French commune with 3,072 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 Louhans and the Canton of Ouroux-sur-Saône . The inhabitants are called Ouratien (ne) s or Oriat (e) s .

geography

Ouroux-sur-Saône is located on the Saône in the Bresse natural landscape . Ouroux-sur-Saône is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse in the north and north-east, Saint-Germain-du-Plain in the south-east, Marnay in the south-west, Varennes-le-Grand and Épervans in the west and Lans in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,697 1,842 1,815 2,099 2,294 2,504 2,803 3,021

Attractions

  • Church of the Assumption of Mary, in Romanesque and Gothic style on the site of a chapel that has been documented since the 6th century
  • several farms and arable houses from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries

Web links

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