Gueugnon
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Commune of Gueugnon |
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Coat of Arms of Gueugnon | |
Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Charolles |
Canton | Gueugnon (chief town) |
Mayor | Alain Bailly (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 233 m–352 m (avg. 243 m) |
Land area¹ | 28.51 km² |
Population² (1999) |
8,563 |
- Density | 300/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 71230/ 71130 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Gueugnon is a town and commune in the Saône-et-Loire département in France.
The town is notable for its steelworks industry Ugine, a division of Usinor Sacilor
Twin town of Otterberg, Germany
[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 8,563.
The estimation for 2006 was 7,910.