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Country
  
France

Canton
  
Semur-en-Brionnais

INSEE/Postal code
  
71510 /71110

Population
  
634 (2007)

Arrondissement
  
Charolles

Department
  
Saône-et-Loire

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
15.56 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:52 PM

Semur-en-Brionnais wwwlesplusbeauxvillagesdefranceorgfilesph

Region
  
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Weather
  
18°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 48% Humidity

Semur-en-Brionnais is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.

Contents

Map of 71110 Semur-en-Brionnais, France

The village website

Sights

  • The oldest castle in Burgundy, Château Saint Hugues, dating from 9th century.
  • The collegiale Saint Hilaire, the village church, dating from the 12th century.
  • The chapel of St Martin la Vallée
  • The Priory St Hugues, now the Convent of the Sisters of the Order of St. John
  • The Chapter House. Built as a small monastery, this building later housed the village school and now contains, among other things, an exhibition of Romanesque Architecture in the Brionnais
  • The village ramparts

    • Semur-en-Brionnais is the birthplace of

  • Saint Hugues, the founder of Cluny Abbey, born 1024
  • Henriette d'Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc.
  • The chef Albert Roux OBE, KFO, born in October 1935. [1] He owns Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in Britain to win three Michelin Stars.

    • References

    Semur-en-Brionnais Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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