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Gourdon
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Gourdon is a commune in France, situated within the Saône-et-Loire department. It is part of the arrondissement of Autun and the canton of Mont-Saint-Vincent, while also associated with the canton of Blanzy for electoral purposes. The town shares borders with Blanzy, Marigny, Mary, and Mont-Saint-Vincent. Its postal code is 71300, and it is located in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
The commune covers an area of 25.41 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 940 residents, broken down into 442 males and 462 females, while another records a population of 885. The elevation above sea level is noted as 518 meters in one dataset and 467 meters in another. The official name of the locality is Gourdon.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gourdon
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 885
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Department
- Saône-et-Loire
- Arrondissement
- Autun
- Canton
- Blanzy
- Intercommunality
- CU Creusot Montceau
- Area
- 25.41 km (9.81 sq mi)
- Density
- 35.1/km (91.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 71222 /71300
- Elevation
- 288–518 m (945–1,699 ft) , (avg. 475 m or 1,558 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Gourdon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Autun
- Population
- 893
- Area
- 25.41
- Elevation
- 400
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Le Rousset
- Official website
- www.gourdon71.fr
- Image
- Gourdon - Eglise Romane.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gourdon (Saône-et-Loire)
- different from
- Gourdon
- postal code
- 71300
- associated electoral district
- canton of Blanzy
- male population
- 442
- female population
- 462
- P8168
- Frank A. Meyer
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-85-79-80-83
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
Gourdon ( French pronunciation: [ɡuʁdɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
The Treasure of Gourdon is a hoard of gold objects buried around the year 524 and unearthed in 1845 in the commune, which date to the end of the fifth or the beginning of the sixth century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gourdon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.