Chauffailles
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| Coordinates: 46°12′26″N 4°20′27″E / 46.2072°N 4.3408°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Charolles |
| Canton | Chauffailles |
| Intercommunality | La Clayette Chauffailles en Brionnais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphanie Dumoulin[1] |
| Area 1 | 22.63 km2 (8.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,675 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 71120 /71170 |
| Elevation | 352–653 m (1,155–2,142 ft) (avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Chauffailles (French pronunciation: [ʃofaj]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Geography
[edit]Chaufailles lies in the extreme south of the department of Saône-et-Loire at the foot of the Beaujolais mountains.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,479 | — |
| 1975 | 4,955 | +1.45% |
| 1982 | 4,831 | −0.36% |
| 1990 | 4,485 | −0.92% |
| 1999 | 4,119 | −0.94% |
| 2007 | 3,980 | −0.43% |
| 2012 | 3,818 | −0.83% |
| 2017 | 3,708 | −0.58% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Culture
[edit]Chauffailles was the base of the Congrégation des Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles, an order of teaching nuns founded by Reine Antier (1801–83).[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Biographie de Reine Antier (in French), Congrégation des Soeurs de L'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles (Province du Canada), retrieved 2017-11-03
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