Tournus
Tournus | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 46°33′50″N 4°54′33″E / 46.5639°N 4.9092°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Mâcon |
Canton | Tournus |
Intercommunality | Mâconnais - Tournugeois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bertrand Veau[1] |
Area 1 | 25 km2 (10 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 5,627 |
• Density | 230/km2 (580/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 71543 /71700 |
Elevation | 168–353 m (551–1,158 ft) (avg. 193 m or 633 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Tournus (French pronunciation: [tuʁny]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Geography
Tournus is located on the right bank of the Saône, 20 km. northeast of Mâcon on the Paris-Lyon railway.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 6,673 | — |
1975 | 6,978 | +0.64% |
1982 | 6,343 | −1.35% |
1990 | 5,927 | −0.84% |
1999 | 5,629 | −0.57% |
2007 | 5,941 | +0.68% |
2012 | 5,849 | −0.31% |
2017 | 5,545 | −1.06% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Sights
The
In the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville stands a statue of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, born in the town in 1725.[4]
Economy
Tournus is an important tourist area, with one four-star hotel (the Greuze) and one three-star hotel (the Rempart). In 2013, four restaurants had a
There are vineyards in the surrounding district and the town and its port have considerable commerce in wine and in stone from the neighboring quarries. Chairmaking was an important industry.[4]
There are several industrial areas to the north and south-west. The town manufactures a large quantity of domestic white goods, at the Groupe SEB factory, and cookware at the Tefal factory.
There is a market every Saturday morning.
Sport
- On 9 June 2009, the town was the start of the 182 km (113 mi) Stage 3 of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race.
- On 10 July 2010, the town was en route of the 165.5 km (102.8 mi) Stage 7 of the Tour de France cycle race.
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Tournus.
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805), painter.[5]
- Albert Thibaudet (1874–1936), a French essayist and literary critic.
- Gabriel Voisin (1880-1973), aviation and automobile pioneer.
- Marie-Hélène Mathieu, (born 1929), religious worker for the disabled.
- Josiane Bost (born 1956), a French former racing cyclist
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tournus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 107. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). pp. 584–585.