Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire | |
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Prefecture building in Mâcon | |
Location of Saône-et-Loire in France | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′N 04°42′E / 46.667°N 4.700°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Prefecture | Mâcon |
| Subprefectures | Autun Chalon-sur-Saône Charolles Louhans |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | André Accary (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,575 km2 (3,311 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 549,136 |
| • Rank | 48th |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 71 |
| Arrondissements | 5 |
| Cantons | 29 |
| Communes | 565 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Saône-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [sonelwaʁ]; Arpitan: Sona-et-Lêre) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
Saône-et-Loire is Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's most populous department with a population of 551,493 as of 2019. It is also its southernmost department, as it is situated on the regional border with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Saône-et-Loire's prefecture is Mâcon, with subprefectures in Autun, Chalon-sur-Saône, Charolles and Louhans. Its INSEE and postcode number is 71.