Chardonnay, Saône-et-Loire
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Commune of Chardonnay |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon |
| Canton | Lugny |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Mâconnais - Val de Saône |
| Mayor | Gilbert Guillet |
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| Elevation | 220 m–375 m (avg. 225 m) |
| Land area¹ | 6,37 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
162 |
| - Density | 25/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 71100/ 71700 |
| 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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Chardonnay is the name of a French village located in the Saône-et-Loire Department in the Bourgogne.
The name is a derivative of Cardonnacum, a Latin term to denote the land of Cardus, the owner of the land surrounding this village during the end of the Roman period. It is also the definition of an area thistles. Chardonnay and its surrounding Mâconnais region are probably the cradle of the Chardonnay type of grape, and certainly the semantic origin of the grape.
In 1994 the vine co-operative of Chardonnay amalgamated with that of Lugny.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 162.
The estimation for 2007 was 169.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Chardonnay in the site of the French National Geographic Institute
- Location of Chardonnay (French)
- Mapquest
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