Damerey

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Damerey
Commune
The church in Damerey
The church in Damerey
Location of Damerey
Damerey is located in France
Damerey
Damerey
Coordinates: 46°50′07″N 4°59′30″E / 46.8353°N 4.9917°E / 46.8353; 4.9917Coordinates: 46°50′07″N 4°59′30″E / 46.8353°N 4.9917°E / 46.8353; 4.9917
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementChalon-sur-Saône
CantonGergy
IntercommunalitySaône Doubs Bresse
Area
1
11.62 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
555
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71167 /71620
Elevation174–196 m (571–643 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Damerey is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geography[]

Damerey is part of the Bresse Chalonnaise. The Saône defines the northwest boundary of the commune.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962381—    
1968389+2.1%
1975364−6.4%
1982409+12.4%
1990432+5.6%
1999421−2.5%
2006572+35.9%
2013589+3.0%

Notable people[]

  • Marie Guillot (9 September 1880 – 5 March 1934) was born in Damerey. She was a teacher in Saône-et-Loire and a pioneer of trade unionism in primary education.[2]
  • Roger Mercier: The commune holds the original work of this man, a roadside artist who since 1984 has built a remarkable city of Hispanic inspiration with buildings and sculptures in painted concrete. At the age of 80 he continued maintenance and development of his work.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Liszek, Slava (1994-01-01). Marie Guillot: de l'émancipation des femmes à celle du syndicalisme. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 18ff. ISBN 978-2-7384-2947-6. Retrieved 2013-09-15.



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