Saône-et-Loire

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Saône-et-Loire is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France, known for its historic towns, Romanesque churches, and Burgundy vineyards.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French department
administrative territorial entity
borderedBy Ain
Allier
Côte d'Or
surface form: Côte-d'Or

Jura
Loire department
Nièvre
Rhône
capital Mâcon
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Autun
Autun Cathedral
Autun arrondissement
Chagny
Chalon-sur-Saône
Chalon-sur-Saône
surface form: Chalon-sur-Saône arrondissement

Charolles
Charolles arrondissement
Cluny, Saône-et-Loire
surface form: Cluny

Cluny Abbey
Digoin
Gueugnon
Le Creusot
Louhans
Louhans arrondissement
Montceau-les-Mines
Mâcon
Mâcon arrondissement
Paray-le-Monial
Paray-le-Monial Basilica
Roche de Solutré
Solutré-Pouilly
Tournus
Tournus Abbey
containsCulturalRegion Bresse
surface form: Bresse bourguignonne

Brionnais
Charolais
containsWineRegion Beaujolais
surface form: Beaujolais (northern part)

Côte Chalonnaise
Mâconnais
country France
hasDepartmentNumber 71
hasINSEECode 71
historicalRegion Burgundy
knownFor Burgundy vineyards
Bos taurus
surface form: Charolais cattle

Romanesque churches
historic towns
languageUsed French
locatedIn Metropolitan France
eastern France
namedAfter Loire
Saône River
surface form: Saône
partOf Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
traversedBy Loire
Saône River
surface form: Saône

Referenced by (13)

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze birthPlace Saône-et-Loire
Nièvre borderedBy Saône-et-Loire
Ain borders Saône-et-Loire
this entity surface form: Saône-et-Loire department
Rhône department borders Saône-et-Loire
subject surface form: Rhône (department)
this entity surface form: Saône-et-Loire (department)
Ain department bordersDepartment Saône-et-Loire
subject surface form: Ain
Allier department bordersDepartment Saône-et-Loire
Rhône bordersDepartment Saône-et-Loire
subject surface form: Cuiseaux
this entity surface form: Saône-et-Loire department
subject surface form: Cuiseaux
subject surface form: Cuiseaux
this entity surface form: department of Saône-et-Loire
Mâconnais locatedIn Saône-et-Loire
this entity surface form: Saône-et-Loire department
Pinot Noir notableRegion Saône-et-Loire
this entity surface form: Côte d'Or
Saône River passesThrough Saône-et-Loire
this entity surface form: Saône-et-Loire department