Chapaize
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Commune of Chapaize |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon |
| Canton | Saint-Gengoux-le-National |
| Intercommunality | entre Grosne et Guye |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 203 m–315 m (avg. 200 m) |
| Land area¹ | 13,76 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
159 |
| - Density | 11/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 71087/ 71460 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Chapaize is a small village and commune in southern Burgundy near Cluny. It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département, in France.
[edit] Sights
It features a Romanesque church built in the 11th century, in lombard style , surrounded by stone-built houses with the typical covered galleries of this region with a 16th century watch tower. In the hamlet of Lancharre, there is a church of the 12th century, remains of a canonnesse's monastery.
Around Chapaize lie a large state and communal forest and two ponds. In the 4 hamlets of Chapaize (Bessuge, Gemaugue, Lancharre and Chapaize), there are several laundrettes which were still used at the beginning of the 1950s.
[edit] External links
- Flickr: Photos tagged with "Chapaize"
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