Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse

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Coordinates: 46°40′01″N 5°03′42″E / 46.6669444444, 5.06166666667

Commune of Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse

Location
Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse (France)
Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse
Administration
Country France
Region Bourgogne
Department Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement Louhans
Canton Montret
Intercommunality Canton de Montret
Statistics
Elevation 183 m–212 m
(avg. 475 m)
Land area¹ 15,75 km²
Population²
(1999)
468
 - Density 29/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 71489/ 71440
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-Vincent-en-Bresse is a town and commune of the Saône-et-Loire département in the Bresse Bourguignonne area of the French region of Burgundy, 22 km (14 mi) SE of Chalon-sur-Saône and 16 km (10 mi) WNW of Louhans, with 485 inhabitants in 2000 (365 inhabitants in 1982, 349 in 1975, 556 in 1946, 668 in 1931, 972 in 1881, 606 in 1801).

The area of the commune is 15.75 sq. km. There are ruins of a medieval castle SE of the town.

The placename, formerly Saint-Vincent-en-Braisse, Latin Sanctus Vincentius in Brixia derives from that of St. Vincent born in Zaragoza, martyred at Valencia in 304 during Diocletian's persecutions.