Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
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Commune of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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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. | |
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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- INSEE (English)
- IGN (English)
- Niépce's website (French)