Saône-et-Loire (Department, France)

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• Administrative data

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Saône-et-Loire (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Louhans-Châteaurenaud
  • Semur-en-Brionnais

Administrative data

Code: 71
Region: Bourgogne
Traditional provinces: Bourgogne, Nivernais
Bordering departments: Ain, Allier, Côte-d'Or, Jura, Loire, Nièvre, Rhône

Area: 8,575 km²
Population (1995): 554,800 inhabitants

Préfecture: Mâcon
Sous-préfectures: Autun, Chalon-sur-Saône, Charolles, Louhans
Subdivisions: 5 arrondissements, 57 cantons, 573 communes.

The department is named after the rivers Saône (480 km), tributary of Rhône, and Loire (1,020 km).