Gueugnon

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Gueugnon
Commune
The Arroux river in Gueugnon
Coat of arms
Location of Gueugnon
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Coordinates: 46°36′07″N 4°03′42″E / 46.6019°N 4.0617°E / 46.6019; 4.0617
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Charolles
Canton	Gueugnon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Lotte[1]
Area 1	28.51 km2 (11.01 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,616
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71230 /71130
Elevation	233–352 m (764–1,155 ft) (avg. 243 m or 797 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gueugnon (French pronunciation: [ɡøɲɔ̃]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Population[edit]

Economy[edit]

The primary industry in the town is a stainless-steel factory run by Aperam. A huge part of Gueugnon's economy is based on cow breeding, mostly because the city is located in the Charolais area. There is also an industrial and touristic zone 3 kilometers south of Gueugnon called Chazey with a sand quarry, a transport company and 5 ponds mostly used by anglers and canoe clubs.

Gueugnon is a twin town of Otterberg, Germany.

Tourism[edit]

In Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, you can see :

• The Arboretum de Pézanin, one of the richest forest collection in France,
• The Rock of Solutré,
• The Cluny abbey, and its medieval city,
• Charolles and the "boeuf charolais",
• Mâcon, Paray-le-Monial,
• The Canal Bridge in Digoin,
• Diverti'Parc in Toulon sur Arroux,
• Touroparc Zoo in Romanèche-Thorins,
• Nicéphore-Niépce museum in Chalon-sur-Saône.

See also[edit]

• FC Gueugnon
• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gueugnon.

• Official website
• Gueugnon: legend of the ferryman