Cluny

For other uses, see Cluny (disambiguation).

Cluny
Coat of arms
Cluny
Location within Burgundy region Cluny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Mâcon
Canton	Cluny
Government
• Mayor (2008–2015)	Jean-Luc Delpeuch
Area1	23.71 km2 (9.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,835
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	71137 / 71250
Elevation	226–574 m (741–1,883 ft) (avg. 248 m or 814 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.

Cluny or Clugny is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department of the region of Burgundy, in eastern France. It is 20 km northwest of Mâcon.

The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562, and many of its valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed.

Geography

The river Grosne flows northward through the commune and crosses the town.

Tourism

Main article: Tourism in Saône-et-Loire,

South Burgundy has a large number of places which are of interest to tourists, such as:

• The Arboretum de Pézanin, one of the richest arboreta in France
• Mâcon
• Paray-le-Monial
• The Green Way

See also

• Cluniac Reforms
• The Name of the Rose
• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Paradoxplace – Cluny Page – Photos