Chapaize
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Mâcon |
Canton | Saint-Gengoux-le-National |
Intercommunality | Entre Grosne et Guye |
Area1 | 13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 166 |
• Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 71087 / 71460 |
Elevation | 203–315 m (666–1,033 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
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. |
Chapaize is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.
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It features a Romanesque church built in the 11th century, in lombard style, surrounded by stone-built houses with the typical covered galleries of this region with a 16th-century watch tower. In the hamlet of Lancharre, there is a church of the 12th century, remains of a canonnesse's monastery.
Around Chapaize lie a large state and communal forest and two ponds. In the 4 hamlets of Chapaize (Bessuge, Gemaugue, Lancharre and Chapaize), there are several laundrettes which were still used at the beginning of the 1950s.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chapaize. |
- Flickr: Photos tagged with "Chapaize"
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