Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

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Coordinates: 46°43′43″N 4°51′41″E / 46.7286111111, 4.86138888889

Administration
Commune of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Location

Country	France
Region	Bourgogne
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud
Intercommunality	Le grand Chalon
Mayor	Francis Debras
Statistics
Elevation	171 m–205 m (avg. 191 m)
Land area^¹	8,32 km²
Population^² (1 999)	1 018
- Density	122/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	71444/ 71240
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.

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département, in the French region of Bourgogne. It is 6 km south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône

1 Demographics
2 Famous people
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 1,018.
The estimate for 2007 was 1,128.

[edit] Famous people

Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography, has been living in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where he died in 1833. One of his first photographs, circa 1826, was taken in this village.