Saône-et-Loire (; 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 550,310 as of 2023.

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! Commune

! Population (2023)

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| Chalon-sur-Saône

| style="text-align: center;" | 45,102

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| Mâcon

| style="text-align: center;" | 35,177

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| Le Creusot

| style="text-align: center;" | 20,509

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| Montceau-les-Mines

| style="text-align: center;" | 17,064

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| Autun

| style="text-align: center;" | 13,172

|}

Subdivisions

The department consists of five arrondissements:

  • Autun
  • Chalon-sur-Saône
  • Charolles
  • Louhans
  • Mâcon

There are 29 cantons in the department and 563 communes.

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|1801|452,673

|1806|471,236

|1821|498,057

|1831|524,180

|1841|551,543

|1851|574,720

|1861|582,137

|1872|598,344

|1881|625,589

|1891|619,523

|1901|620,360

|1911|604,446

|1921|554,816

|1931|538,741

|1936|525,676

|1946|506,749

|1954|511,182

|1962|535,772

|1968 |550364

|1975 |569810

|1982 |571852

|1990 |559413

|1999 |544893

|2007 |551842

|2012 |555039

|2017 |553595

|2023 |550310

Politics

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

Current National Assembly Representatives

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!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member!!Party

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| Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency

| Benjamin Dirx

| Renaissance

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| Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency

| Josiane Corneloup

| The Republicans

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| Saône-et-Loire's 3rd constituency

| Aurélien Dutremble

| National Rally

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| Saône-et-Loire's 4th constituency

| Éric Michoux

| Union of the Right for the Republic

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| Saône-et-Loire's 5th constituency

| Arnaud Sanvert

| National Rally

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Tourism

Touristic sites :

  • Roche de Solutré,
  • Abbaye de Cluny,
  • Taizé and Taizé Community,
  • Paray-le-Monial,
  • La Clayette,
  • Dompierre-les-Ormes (Galerie européenne de la forêt et du bois, Arboretum de Pézanin).

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File:Saône-et-Loire (septembre 2012) 032.JPG|Lamartine's statue in Mâcon

File:Temple Janus angle.jpg|Temple of Janus in Autun

File:Abbaye Cluny Kreuzgang1.jpg|Cluny Abbey

File:Chalon-sur-Saône--place-du-marché.jpg|Chalon-sur-Saône

File:Tournus abbaye.jpg|Tournus

File:Arboretum, lac de Pezanin.jpeg|Lake of Pézanin

File:Château de la Clayette vu de la rive du lac.jpg|Château de La Clayette

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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
  • Les Télots Mine
  • Charolais-Brionnais region, known for its beef and its goats' cheese
  • A6 disappearances

References

  • Departmental Council website
  • Prefecture website