La Clayette

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Country France Canton La Clayette Population (2006) 2,014 Local time Friday 2:42 AM		Department Saône-et-Loire Intercommunality Pays clayettois Area 3.12 km² Arrondissement Charolles

Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Weather 9°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 82% Humidity

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

Map of 71800 La Clayette, France

Geography

La Clayette is situated in the Brionnais area, in the south-west of the Saône-et-Loire département.

Access

By road: the town is situated at the crossroads of the routes D985 and D987, 40 km from Roanne, 60 km from Mâcon, 90 km from Lyon and 100 km from Moulins.

By rail: La Clayette-Baudemont station stands on the line from Lyon to Paray-le-Monial. It is served by the TER train which takes 1 hour 20 minutes from Lyon.

History

1435 : Creation of the borough of La Clayette by the Chantemerle family

1437 : Creation of the fairs

1450 : Creation of the markets

1632 : Alice de Chantemerle, last descendant of the family of the same name, founded by will the convent of the Minimes (in the building which is now the Mairie (Town Hall))

Until the French Revolution, La Clayette was governed from Varennes-sous-Dun

Chapelle Sainte Avoye

The construction of Sainte Avoye's chapel, in the flamboyant gothic style, was due to Louis de Chantemerle in the fifteenth century.

Twin towns – Sister cities

Göllheim, Germany

Marano Equo, Italy

Tourism

In Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, you can see :

The Arboretum de Pézanin, one of the richest forest collection in France, near La Clayette,

The Rock of Solutré,

The Cluny abbey, and its medieval city,

Charolles and the "boeuf charolais",

Mâcon, Paray-le-Monial,...

References

La Clayette Wikipedia

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