Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

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Coordinates: 46°43′43″N 4°51′41″E / 46.7286111111, 4.86138888889

Commune of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

Location
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes (France)
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Administration
Country France
Region Bourgogne
Department Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud
Intercommunality Le grand Chalon
Mayor Francis Debras
Statistics
Elevation 171 m–205 m
(avg. 191 m)
Land area¹ 8,32 km²
Population²
(1 999)
1 018
 - Density 122/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 71444/ 71240
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.
France

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département, in the French region of Bourgogne. It is 6 km south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône

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[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 1,018.
The estimate for 2007 was 1,128.

[edit] Famous people

Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography, has been living in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where he died in 1833. One of his first photographs, circa 1826, was taken in this village.

One of Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photographs, in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
One of Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photographs, in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

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