Rigny-sur-Arroux
The church in Rigny-sur-Arroux
The church in Rigny-sur-Arroux
Location of Rigny-sur-Arroux
Rigny-sur-Arroux is located in France
Rigny-sur-Arroux
Rigny-sur-Arroux
Rigny-sur-Arroux is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Rigny-sur-Arroux
Rigny-sur-Arroux
Coordinates: 46°32′00″N 4°01′43″E / 46.5333°N 4.0286°E / 46.5333; 4.0286
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementCharolles
CantonGueugnon
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Patrice Bernard[1]
Area
1
48.17 km2 (18.60 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
619
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71370 /71160
Elevation227–347 m (745–1,138 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rigny-sur-Arroux (French pronunciation: [ʁiɲi syʁ aʁu], literally Rigny on Arroux) is a commune in the east-central French department of Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

The discovery in 1874 of a cache of Solutrean laurel-leaf flint points in the hamlet of Volgu, just south of the village proper, indicates that the environs of the present-day Rigny were inhabited or frequented by Paleolithic peoples around 20,000 years ago.[3]

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Schmidt P; Bellot-Gurlet L; Floss H (27 July 2018). "The unique Solutrean laurel-leaf points of Volgu:heat-treated or not?". Antiquity. Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press. 92 (363): 587–602. doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.87. Retrieved 9 July 2021.


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