Savigny-sur-Grosne

Savigny-sur-Grosne
Commune

Coat of arms
Savigny-sur-Grosne
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Savigny-sur-Grosne
Coordinates: 46°35′01″N 4°40′18″E / 46.5836°N 4.6717°E / 46.5836; 4.6717Coordinates: 46°35′01″N 4°40′18″E / 46.5836°N 4.6717°E / 46.5836; 4.6717
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton Cluny
Intercommunality Entre Grosne et Guye
Government
  Mayor Pierre Germain
Area1 6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 180
  Density 28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 71507 /71460
Elevation 194–335 m (636–1,099 ft)
(avg. 195 m or 640 ft)

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.

Savigny-sur-Grosne is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France. The composer and choral conductor Charles Ravier (1934–1984) was born in Savigny-sur-Grosne.

Geography

The Guye flows north through the southeastern part of the commune, then flows into the Grosne, which forms most of the commune's eastern border.

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