Chauffailles

Chauffailles
Commune
Town centre
Coat of arms
Location of Chauffailles
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Coordinates: 46°12′26″N 4°20′27″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Charolles
Canton	Chauffailles
Intercommunality	La Clayette Chauffailles en Brionnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphanie Dumoulin[1]
Area ^1	22.63 km^2 (8.74 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,675
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71120 /71170
Elevation	352–653 m (1,155–2,142 ft) (avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Chaufailles lies in the extreme south of the department of Saône-et-Loire at the foot of the Beaujolais mountains.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,479	—
1975	4,955	+1.45%
1982	4,831	−0.36%
1990	4,485	−0.92%
1999	4,119	−0.94%
2007	3,980	−0.43%
2012	3,818	−0.83%
2017	3,708	−0.58%
Source: INSEE[3]

Culture

Chauffailles was the base of the Congrégation des Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles, an order of teaching nuns founded by Reine Antier (1801–83).^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Biographie de Reine Antier (in French), Congrégation des Soeurs de L'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles (Province du Canada), retrieved 2017-11-03