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Le Creusot
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Le Creusot is a commune in France, situated in the Saône-et-Loire department within the arrondissement of Autun. It lies in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and has an area of 18.11 square kilometers. The town serves as the capital for the cantons of Le Creusot-Est, Le Creusot-Ouest, Creusot-1, and Creusot-2. Its head of government is André Billardon, and it shares borders with Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, Le Breuil, Marmagne, and Montcenis.
The population of Le Creusot is 22,308, comprising 10,193 males and 11,437 females. The postal code is 71200, and the elevation above sea level is recorded as 516 meters. The town is twinned with Blieskastel.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Creusot
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 25,590
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Creusot
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Autun
- Population
- 20509
- Area
- 18.11
- Elevation
- 383
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Head of government
- André Billardon
- Capital of
- canton of Creusot-1
- Shares border with
- Torcy
- Official website
- www.le-creusot.fr
- Image
- Le Creusot - Marteau Pilon 5.jpg
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- Category:Births in Le Creusot
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- Le Creusot
- postal code
- 71200
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Le Creusot
- twinned administrative body
- Blieskastel
- male population
- 10193
- female population
- 11437
- P8168
- Helmut Damerius
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-85-77-59-59
- fax number
- +33-3-85-77-59-99
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Creusot ( French pronunciation: [lə kʁøzo] ) is a commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire department, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.
The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now dominated by metallurgical companies such as ArcelorMittal, Schneider Electric, and Alstom.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Creusot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.