Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Chalon-sur-Saône | |
| Canton | Saint-Rémy | |
| Community association | Le Grand Chalon | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 44 ′ N , 4 ° 52 ′ E | |
| height | 179-214 m | |
| surface | 8.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,161 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 140 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71240 | |
| INSEE code | 71444 | |
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is a French municipality with 1161 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 Chalon-sur-Saône and is part of the canton of Saint-Rémy (until 2015: canton of Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud ).
geography
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is about five kilometers south of Chalon-sur-Saône . The Saône limits the municipality in the northeast. Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is surrounded by the neighboring communities Sevrey and Lux in the north, Épervans in the east and north-east, Varennes-le-Grand in the south and La Charmée in the west and south-west.
The Autoroute A6 and the former Route nationale 6 (today's D906) run through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 608 | 610 | 671 | 693 | 986 | 1,018 | 1,114 | 1,125 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Loup church
- old Saint-Loup castle, monument historique since 2009
Personalities
- Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), inventor of heliography / photography
Web links
Commons : Saint-Loup-de-Varennes - Collection of images, videos and audio files
