Chapaize
| Chapaize | |
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Location within Burgundy region  Chapaize | |
| Coordinates: 46°33′29″N 4°44′17″E / 46.5581°N 4.7381°ECoordinates: 46°33′29″N 4°44′17″E / 46.5581°N 4.7381°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon |
| Canton | Saint-Gengoux-le-National |
| Intercommunality | Entre Grosne et Guye |
| Area1 | 13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 166 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 71087 / 71460 |
| Elevation |
203–315 m (666–1,033 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
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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. | |
Chapaize is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.
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.
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