Chauffailles
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Coordinates: 46°12′26″N 4°20′27″E / 46.2072°N 4.3408°ECoordinates: 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 |
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[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ 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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