Saône-et-Loire
Department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saône-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [sonelwaʁ]; Arpitan: Sona-et-Lêre) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
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Saône-et-Loire | |
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Coordinates: 46°40′N 04°42′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Prefecture | Mâcon |
Subprefectures | Autun Chalon-sur-Saône Charolles Louhans |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | André Accary[1] (LR) |
Area | |
• Total | 8,575 km2 (3,311 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 549,288 |
• Rank | 48th |
• Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 71 |
Arrondissements | 5 |
Cantons | 29 |
Communes | 565 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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Saône-et-Loire is Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's most populous department with a population of 551,493 as of 2019.[3] It is also its southernmost department, as it is situated on the regional border with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Saône-et-Loire's prefecture is Mâcon, with subprefectures in Autun, Chalon-sur-Saône, Charolles and Louhans. Its INSEE and postcode number is 71.