Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes | |
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 A sign showing the name of the inventor of photography | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes  | |
  Saint-Loup-de-Varennes  Saint-Loup-de-Varennes | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′43″N 4°51′41″E / 46.7286°N 4.8614°ECoordinates: 46°43′43″N 4°51′41″E / 46.7286°N 4.8614°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Chalon-sur-Saône |
| Canton | Saint-Rémy |
| Intercommunality | Le grand Chalon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Rigaud[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[2] | 1,161 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 71444 /71240 |
| Elevation | 171–205 m (561–673 ft) (avg. 191 m or 627 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
GeographyEdit
It is 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône.
Historical significanceEdit
View from the Window at Le Gras, one of Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photographs
Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography, lived in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where he died in 1833. Most or all of his photographs, including one taken in 1827 and now the oldest known surviving camera photograph, were made at Le Gras, his ancestral family estate in this village.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Niépce website (in French)
- ^ Maires au 17-06-2020, data.gouv.fr, accessed 1 December 2020
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External linksEdit
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