Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Commune
	A sign showing the name of the inventor of photography
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 46°43′43″N 4°51′41″E / 46.7286°N 4.8614°ECoordinates: 46°43′43″N 4°51′41″E / 46.7286°N 4.8614°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Saint-Rémy
Intercommunality	CA Le Grand Chalon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Rigaud
Area 1	8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,179
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71444 /71240
Elevation	171–205 m (561–673 ft) ; (avg. 191 m or 627 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geography[]

It is 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône.

Historical significance[]

View from the Window at Le Gras, one of Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photographs

Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography, lived in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where he died in 1833. Most or all of his photographs, including one taken in 1827 and now the oldest known surviving camera photograph, were made at Le Gras, his ancestral family estate in this village.