Chauffailles

Chauffailles
Commune
Town centre
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°12′26″N 4°20′27″E / 46.2072°N 4.3408°E / 46.2072; 4.3408Coordinates: 46°12′26″N 4°20′27″E / 46.2072°N 4.3408°E / 46.2072; 4.3408
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
Area 1	22.63 km2 (8.74 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,700
• 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[]

Chaufailles lies in the extreme south of the department of Saône-et-Loire at the foot of the Beaujolais mountains.

Culture[]

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).^[2]

See also[]

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References[]

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