Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse

Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
The church in Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Location of Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Coordinates: 46°34′21″N 5°14′49″E / 46.5725°N 5.2469°E / 46.5725; 5.2469
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementLouhans
CantonCuiseaux
Area
1
20.87 km2 (8.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
657
  Density31/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71401 /71470
Elevation177–210 m (581–689 ft)
(avg. 185 m or 607 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa ɑ̃ bʁɛs], literally Sainte-Croix in Bresse; before 2020: Sainte-Croix) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The writer Rose Vincent (1918–2011) was born there.