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 Chalon-sur-Saône
- Population
- +893
- Area
- +25.41
- Elevation
- +400
- Shares border with
- Le Rousset
- Official website
- www.gourdon71.fr
- Image
- Gourdon - Eglise Romane.JPG
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Article
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.