Gueugnon

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Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Gueugnon

(2020–2026) Dominique Lotte^[1]Area

28.51 km² (11.01 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,616 • Density230/km² (600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

71230 /71130

Elevation233–352 m (764–1,155 ft)
(avg. 243 m or 797 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gueugnon (French pronunciation: [ɡøɲɔ̃]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	9,268	—
1975	10,739	+2.13%
1982	10,456	−0.38%
1990	9,697	−0.94%
1999	8,563	−1.37%
2007	7,826	−1.12%
2012	7,367	−1.20%
2017	6,992	−1.04%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Economy

The primary industry in the town is a stainless-steel factory run by Aperam. A huge part of Gueugnon's economy is based on cow breeding, mostly because the city is located in the Charolais area. There is also an industrial and touristic zone 3 kilometers south of Gueugnon called Chazey with a sand quarry, a transport company and 5 ponds mostly used by anglers and canoe clubs.

Gueugnon is a twin town of Otterberg, Germany.

Tourism

In Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, you can see :

The Arboretum de Pézanin, one of the richest forest collection in France,
The Rock of Solutré,
The Cluny abbey, and its medieval city,
Charolles and the "boeuf charolais",
Mâcon, Paray-le-Monial,
The Canal Bridge in Digoin,
Diverti'Parc in Toulon sur Arroux,
Touroparc Zoo in Romanèche-Thorins,
Nicéphore-Niépce museum in Chalon-sur-Saône.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE