Saône-et-Loire








Department of France

Department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France








































































Saône-et-Loire
Department

Prefecture building of the Saône-et-Loire department, in Mâcon

Prefecture building of the Saône-et-Loire department, in Mâcon




Flag of Saône-et-Loire
Flag


Coat of arms of Saône-et-Loire
Coat of arms



Location of Saône-et-Loire in France
Location of Saône-et-Loire in France

Coordinates: 46°40′N 04°42′E / 46.667°N 4.700°E / 46.667; 4.700Coordinates: 46°40′N 04°42′E / 46.667°N 4.700°E / 46.667; 4.700
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Prefecture Mâcon
Subprefectures
Autun
Chalon-sur-Saône
Charolles
Louhans
Government

 • President of the General Council
André Accary
Area
1

 • Total 8,575 km2 (3,311 sq mi)
Population
(2016)

 • Total 555,023
 • Rank 47th
 • Density 65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number 71
Arrondissements 5
Cantons 29
Communes 565

^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Saône-et-Loire (French pronunciation: ​[sonelwaʁ]; Arpitan: Sona-et-Lêre) is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Geography


    • 2.1 Principal towns




  • 3 Subdivisions


  • 4 Politics


    • 4.1 Current National Assembly Representatives




  • 5 Tourism


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern Burgundy and Bresse, uniting lands that had no previous common history nor political unity and which have no true geographical unity. Thus its history is that of Burgundy, and is especially to be found in the local histories of Autun, Mâcon, Chalon-sur-Saône, Charolles and Louhans.



Geography


Saône-et-Loire is the seventh largest department of France. It is part of the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. In the west, the department is composed of the hills of the Autunois, the region around Autun, in the southwest the Charollais, and the Mâconnais in the south.


In the centre, the department is traversed from north to south by the Saône in its wide plain; the Saône is a tributary of the River Rhône that joins it at Lyon and thus is connected to the Mediterranean Sea. The source of the Loire, is south of the department, in the department of Ardèche. It then makes its way in the opposite direction, forming the southwest border of the department, and eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean. The Canal du Centre links the Saône to the Loire between Chalon-sur-Saône and Digoin, thereby linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic ocean. In the east, the department occupies the northern part of the plain of Bresse. In the west, its industrial heart is in Le Creusot and Montceau-les-Mines, formerly noted for their coal mines and metallurgy.



Principal towns

















































Most Populous Saône-et-Loire communes[1]
Rank
Commune
Canton
Arrondissement
Population
1

Chalon-sur-Saône

Chalon-sur-Saône-1
Chalon-sur-Saône-2
Chalon-sur-Saône-3

Chalon-sur-Saône
45,166
2

Mâcon

Mâcon-1
Mâcon-2

Mâcon
33,350
3

Le Creusot

Le Creusot-1
Le Creusot-2

Autun
22,308
4

Montceau-les-Mines

Montceau-les-Mines

Chalon-sur-Saône
18,969
5

Autun

Autun-1
Autun-2

Autun
13,863


Subdivisions


The department consists of five arrondissements:



  • Autun

  • Chalon-sur-Saône

  • Charolles

  • Louhans

  • Mâcon


There are 29 cantons in the department and 567 communes.


Carte de la Saône-et-Loire.svg



Politics



Current National Assembly Representatives






































Constituency Member[2]
Party


Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency

Benjamin Dirx

La République En Marche!


Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency

Josiane Corneloup

The Republicans


Saône-et-Loire's 3rd constituency

Rémy Rebeyrotte

La République En Marche!


Saône-et-Loire's 4th constituency

Cécile Untermaier

Socialist Party


Saône-et-Loire's 5th constituency

Raphaël Gauvain

La République En Marche!


Tourism



Touristic sites :




  • Roche de Solutré,


  • Charolles,


  • Abbaye de Cluny,


  • Taizé and Taizé Community


  • Dompierre-les-Ormes (Galerie européenne de la forêt et du bois, Arboretum de Pézanin).




See also




  • Mâcon - Capital

  • Cantons of the Saône-et-Loire department

  • Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

  • Arrondissements of the Saône-et-Loire department

  • Chizerots



References





  1. ^ "Insee - Populations légales 2013". Insee. Retrieved September 11, 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/




External links




  • (in French) General Council website


  • (in French) Prefecture website


  • (in English) Saone-et-Loire at Curlie











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