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Roussillon-en-Morvan
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Roussillon-en-Morvan (; 'Roussillon-in-Morvan') is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 272. It covers an area of 30.59 km2 (11.81 sq mi).
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Place details
- Locality
- Roussillon-en-Morvan
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 311
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Roussillon-en-Morvan
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- RoussillonEnMorvan1.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Church and village centre
- French commune.INSEE
- 71376
- French commune.postal code
- 71550
- French commune.arrondissement
- Autun
- French commune.canton
- Autun-1
- French commune.elevation m
- 550
- French commune.elevation min m
- 370
- French commune.elevation max m
- 845
- French commune.area km2
- 30.59
- French commune.mayor
- Gérard Tremeray
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Morvan
- Official name
- Roussillon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Autun
- Population
- 272
- Area
- 30.59
- Elevation
- 592
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- La Celle-en-Morvan
- Image
- RoussillonEnMorvan1.jpg
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- Roussillon-en-Morvan
- postal code
- 71550
- associated electoral district
- canton of Autun-1
- male population
- 139
- female population
- 131
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-85-82-73-23
- fax number
- +33-3-85-82-79-78
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Roussillon-en-Morvan (; 'Roussillon-in-Morvan') is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 272. It covers an area of 30.59 km2 (11.81 sq mi).
There has been a church in Roussillon-en-Morvan since the 9th century, as the village is located on the former Gallo-Roman road between Autun and Orléans via Château-Chinon, which runs through the forests of Glenne and Folin. The commune is part of Morvan Regional Natural Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roussillon-en-Morvan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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