Issy-l'Évêque
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Location within Burgundy region  Issy-l'Évêque | ||
| Coordinates: 46°43′00″N 3°58′00″E / 46.7167°N 3.9667°ECoordinates: 46°43′00″N 3°58′00″E / 46.7167°N 3.9667°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Autun | |
| Canton | Issy-l'Évêque | |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Issy-l'Évêque | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Michaud Daniel | |
| Area1 | 71.13 km2 (27.46 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 897 | |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 71239 / 71760 | |
| Elevation |
273–506 m (896–1,660 ft) (avg. 325 m or 1,066 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. | ||
Issy-l'Évêque (French pronunciation: [isi levɛk]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.
Personalities
- Irène Némirovsky, the Ukrainian-Jewish-French novelist lived there during part of World War II; she was arrested in Issy-l'Évêque on 13 July 1942.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Anissimov, Myriam (2007). "Preface to the French Edition". In Irène Némirovsky. Suite française. Vintage. pp. 421–32. ISBN 9781400096275.
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