Country France Canton Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 1,018 (1999) Arrondissement Chalon-sur-Saône | Department Saône-et-Loire Intercommunality Le grand Chalon Area 8.32 km² Local time Tuesday 10:49 PM | |
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Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Weather 11°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 73% Humidity | ||
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.
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Map of 71240 Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France
Geography
It is 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône.
Notable people
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.
References
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA