Saône-et-Loire

Coordinates: 46°40′N 04°42′E / 46.667°N 4.700°E / 46.667; 4.700
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Saône-et-Loire
Department of France
Prefecture building in Mâcon
Prefecture building in Mâcon
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 department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.

Saône-et-Loire is Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's most populous department with a population of 551,493 as of 2019.[3] It is also its southernmost department, as it is situated on the regional border with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Saône-et-Loire's prefecture is Mâcon, with subprefectures in Autun, Chalon-sur-Saône, Charolles and Louhans. Its INSEE and postcode number is 71.

History

When it was formed during the

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

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

The most populous commune is Chalon-sur-Saône; the prefecture Mâcon is the second-most populous. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:[3]

Commune Population (2019)
Chalon-sur-Saône 45,056
Mâcon 33,908
Le Creusot 21,269
Montceau-les-Mines 17,678
Autun 12,987

Subdivisions

The department consists of five arrondissements:

There are 29 cantons in the department and 565 communes.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1801452,673—    
1806471,236+0.81%
1821498,057+0.37%
1831524,180+0.51%
1841551,543+0.51%
1851574,720+0.41%
1861582,137+0.13%
1872598,344+0.25%
1881625,589+0.50%
1891619,523−0.10%
1901620,360+0.01%
1911604,446−0.26%
1921554,816−0.85%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1931538,741−0.29%
1936525,676−0.49%
1946506,749−0.37%
1954511,182+0.11%
1962535,772+0.59%
1968550,364+0.45%
1975569,810+0.50%
1982571,852+0.05%
1990559,413−0.27%
1999544,893−0.29%
2006549,359+0.12%
2011555,999+0.24%
2016555,023−0.04%
Sources:[4][5]

Politics

The president of the Departmental Council is André Accary, elected in 2015.

Current National Assembly Representatives

Constituency Member[6] 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

See also: Tourism in Saône-et-Loire

Touristic sites :

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Populations légales 2019: 71 Saône-et-Loire, INSEE
  4. ^ "Historique de Saône-et-Loire". Le SPLAF.
  5. ^ "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
  6. ^ Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.

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