Country France Arrondissement Mâcon Area 13.76 km² | Department Saône-et-Loire Intercommunality Entre Grosne et Guye Local time Friday 1:36 AM | |
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Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Canton Saint-Gengoux-le-National Weather 2°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 91% Humidity | ||
Chapaize is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.
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Map of 71460 Chapaize, France
Sights
It features a Romanesque church built in the 11th century, in lombard style, surrounded by stone-built houses with the typical covered galleries of this region with a 16th-century watch tower. In the hamlet of Lancharre, there is a church of the 12th century, remains of a canonnesse's monastery.
Around Chapaize lie a large state and communal forest and two ponds. In the 4 hamlets of Chapaize (Bessuge, Gemaugue, Lancharre and Chapaize), there are several laundrettes which were still used at the beginning of the 1950s.
References
Chapaize Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA