Gueugnon

French commune
nomcommune=Gueugnon


caption=Coat of Arms of Gueugnon
longitude=4.06166666667
latitude=46.6019444444
région=Bourgogne
département=Saône-et-Loire
arrondissement=Charolles
canton=Gueugnon (chief town)
insee=71230
cp=71130
maire=Alain Bailly
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
alt moy=243 m
alt mini=233 m
alt maxi=352 m
hectares=2,851
km²=28.51
sans=8,563
date-sans=1999
dens=300
date-dens=1999

Gueugnon is a town and commune in the Saône-et-Loire "département" in France.

The town is notable for its steelworks industry Ugine, a division of Usinor Sacilor

Twin town of Otterberg, Germany

Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was formatnum:8563.
The estimation for 2006 was formatnum:7910.

ee also

* FC Gueugnon
*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

External links

* [http://www.gueugnon.fr Official website]