Clessé, Saône-et-Loire

Clessé
Clessé
Location within Burgundy region  Clessé
Administration
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Mâcon
Canton	Lugny
Intercommunality	Mâconnais–Val de Saône
Mayor	Gilbert Mornand
Statistics
Elevation	200–326 m (660–1,070 ft) (avg. 260 m/850 ft)
Land area1	10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi)
Population2	833  (2006)
- Density	83 /km2 (210 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	71135/ 71260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°25′02″N 4°48′56″E / 46.4172222222°N 4.81555555556°E / 46.4172222222; 4.81555555556

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

Wine

Main article: Viré-Clessé

Vineyards of Clessé are part of the appellation d'origine contrôlée Viré-Clessé, which is used for white wines from Chardonnay grapes. Before 1999, the wines used to be called Mâcon-Clessé.

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE