Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
insee=71444
cp=71240
région=Bourgogne
département=Saône-et-Loire
arrondissement=Chalon-sur-Saône
canton=Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud
maire= Francis Debras
mandat=
intercomm=Le grand Chalon
longitude=4.86138888889
latitude=46.7286111111
alt moy=191 m
alt mini=171 m
alt maxi=205 m
hectares=832
km²=8,32
sans=1 018
date-sans=1999
dens=122
date-dens=1999

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire "département", in the French region of Bourgogne. It is 6 km south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône

Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was formatnum:1018.
The estimate for 2007 was formatnum:1128.

Famous people

Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography, has been living in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where he died in 1833.One of his first photographs, circa 1826, was taken in this village.

ee also

*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon
* [http://www.niepce.com/ Niépce's website] fr icon