Germagny

Germagny
The Romanesque Church
Germagny
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Germagny
Coordinates: 46°40′15″N 4°36′11″E / 46.6708°N 4.6031°ECoordinates: 46°40′15″N 4°36′11″E / 46.6708°N 4.6031°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Buxy
Intercommunality	Sud de la Côte chalonnaise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Dubois
Area^1	3.47 km^2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	157
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	71216 / 71460
Elevation	245–358 m (804–1,175 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Germagny is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.

Geography

The village is located on the Guye river valley. The main roads connect the village to Savianges and Fley to the north, Bissy-sur-Fley to the east, Genouilly to the south and le Puley to the west.

Main sights

An old mill near the River Guye in Germagny

• The Romanesque church, where a fresco showing a teenage Christ in glory, was discovered in 1983 in the apse.^[1]
• The public footpath near the River Guye. It was named "La Pléiade", in memory of Pontus de Tyard and Guillaume des Autels, who used to live in the neighbouring villages.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE

1. "Fiche_GERMAGNY" (PDF) (in French). pastourisme71. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
2. (French) J.-Pierre Valabregue, Guillaume des Autelz, gentilhomme charolais (1529 – 1581). Un cousin poète méconnu., le journal de Saône-et-Loire du 29/01/2011