Chalon-sur-Saône

Chalon-sur-Saône (French pronunciation: ​[ʃa.lɔ̃.syʁ.son]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire depairtment in the region o Burgundy in eastren Fraunce.

Chalon-sur-Saône
Coat airms
Chalon-sur-Saône Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region Chalon-sur-Saône
Coordinates: 46°46′50″N 4°51′10″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Depairtment	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Intercommunality	Le grand Chalon
Govrenment
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christophe Sirugue
Area 1	15.22 km2 (5.88 sq mi)
Population  (2006)2	48,376
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71076 /71100
Elevation	172–190 m (564–623 ft) (avg. 185 m or 607 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

It is a sub-prefectur o the depairtment. It is the mucklest ceety in the depairtment; housomeivver, the depairtment caipital is the smawer ceety o Mâcon.

Twin touns

Chalon-sur-Saône is twinned wi:

• St. Helens, Unitit Kinrick. Lik Chalon, which haes a muckle Saint-Gobain factory, St. Helens is a prominent centre o gless manufacturin.
• Solingen, Germany
• Novara, Italy
• Næstved, Denmark

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid (in French)
• Local web portal www.vivre-a-chalon.com Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine (in French)