Damerey

Damerey
Damerey
Location within Burgundy region  Damerey
Coordinates: 46°50′07″N 4°59′30″E / 46.8353°N 4.9917°ECoordinates: 46°50′07″N 4°59′30″E / 46.8353°N 4.9917°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Saint-Martin-en-Bresse
Intercommunality	Saône et Bresse
Area^1	11.62 km^2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	538
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	71167 / 71620
Elevation	174–196 m (571–643 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 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.

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

Geography

Damerey is part of the Bresse Chalonnaise. The Saône defines the northwest boundary of the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	381	—
1968	389	+2.1%
1975	364	−6.4%
1982	409	+12.4%
1990	432	+5.6%
1999	421	−2.5%
2006	572	+35.9%
2013	589	+3.0%

Notable people

• Marie Guillot (9 September 1880 – 5 March 1934) was born in Damerey. She was a teacher in Saône-et-Loire and a pioneer of trade unionism in primary education.^[1]
• Roger Mercier: The commune holds the original work of this man, a roadside artist who since 1984 has built a remarkable city of Hispanic inspiration with buildings and sculptures in painted concrete. At the age of 80 he continued maintenance and development of his work.

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE

1. Liszek, Slava (1994-01-01). Marie Guillot: de l'émancipation des femmes à celle du syndicalisme. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 18ff. ISBN 978-2-7384-2947-6. Retrieved 2013-09-15.