Saône-et-Loire department

Saône-et-Loire
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
prefecture	Mâcon
Sub-prefecture (s)	Autun Chalon-sur-Saône Charolles Louhans
Residents	553,595 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	65 inhabitants per km²
surface	8,574.28 km²
Arrondissements	5
Community associations	20th
Cantons	29
Communities	565
President of the Department Council	André Accary
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-71
Location of the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté

The Saone-et-Loire [ sonelwaːʀ ] is the French department with the atomic number 71. It is in the east of the country in the Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté and by the rivers Saone and Loire named.

geography

The Saône-et-Loire is bordered to the north by the department of Côte-d'Or , in the east of the Jura , in the southeast of the department of Ain , on the south by the departments of Rhône and Loire , in the west of the Allier and in Northwest to the Nièvre department .

While the Loire predominantly forms the western border to the Allier department, the Saône , on which Chalon-sur-Saône and Mâcon are also the two largest cities of the department , flows through the eastern part of Saône-et-Loire in a north-south direction. The northwest of the department extends into the granite massif of the Morvan .

history

The department was created on March 4, 1790 from parts of the province of Burgundy .

From 1960 to 2015 it was part of the Burgundy region that became part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in 2016 .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Saône-et-Loire department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Chalon-sur-Saône	45.096	Chalon-sur-Saône
Mâcon	33,638	Mâcon
Le Creusot	21,630	Autun
Montceau-les-Mines	18,398	Chalon-sur-Saône
Autun	13,290	Autun
Paray-le-Monial	9,189	Charolles
Saint-Vallier	8,654	Chalon-sur-Saône
Digoin	7,817	Charolles
Charnay-lès-Mâcon	7,376	Mâcon
Gueugnon	6,992	Charolles

Administrative division

The Saône-et-Loire department is divided into 5 arrondissements , 29 cantons and 565 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Saône-et-Loire department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Autun	9	89	130.029	1,994.32	65	711
Chalon-sur-Saône	11	142	156.205	1,484.48	105	712
Charolles	5	126	86,980	2,443.75	36	713
Louhans	4th	88	67.011	1,430.21	47	714
Mâcon	7th	120	113,370	1,221.52	93	715
Saône-et-Loire department	29	565	553,595	8,574.24	65	71

See also:

• List of communes in the Saône-et-Loire department
• List of cantons in the Saône-et-Loire department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Saône-et-Loire department

Culture

The department is known for the ruins of the Benedictine monastery of Cluny as well as for the small town of Taizé and the community of Taizé based there .

Attractions

Arboretum de Pézanin

• Arboretum de Pézanin , Galerie européenne de la forêt et du bois (European Forest and Wood Gallery), Dompierre-les-Ormes .
• Cluny Abbey , Cluny .
• the ruins of Brancion Castle
• the Cormatin Castle
• the Sully Castle
• City of Charolles , cradle of the Charolais breed of cows.

Web links

Commons : Saône-et-Loire department  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Saône-et-Loire department (French)
• Prefecture of the Saône-et-Loire (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.cg71.fr/le-departement/linstitution/le-president/#.VUSISJPak4w accessed May 2, 2015

Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '  N , 4 ° 44'  E