Saint-Gengoux-le-National

Saint-Gengoux-le-National
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Cluny
Community association	Sud Cote Chalonnaise
Coordinates	46 ° 37 ′  N , 4 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′  N , 4 ° 40 ′  E
height	193-390 m
surface	9.36 km 2
Residents	1,046 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	112 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	71460
INSEE code	71417
Website	http://www.saint-gengoux.fr/
Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Gengoux-le-National

Saint-Gengoux-le-National is a French commune with 1,046 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Chalon-sur-Saône and the canton of Cluny (until 2015: canton of Saint-Gengoux-le-National ). The inhabitants are called Jouvenceaux .

geography

Saint-Gengoux-le-National is located on the Grosne , about 37 kilometers north-northwest of Mâcon and about 23 kilometers south-southwest of Chalon-sur-Saône . Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Gengoux-le-National are Culles-les-Roches in the north, Saint-Boil in the northeast, Santilly in the east, Sercy in the east and southeast, Malay in the southeast, Savigny-sur-Grosne in the south, Burnand in the west and Southwest and Saint-Maurice-des-Champs to the west and northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1,058	1,070	1,058	1,067	1,013	1,049	1,053	1,041
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Gengoux church, built in 1120
• Benedictine priory, built around 1020
• Donjon, built in 1206
• historical town center

Saint-Gengoux church

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the German community of Weisenheim am Berg in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Web links

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