Mâcon

Mâcon (French pronunciation: ​[ma.kɔ̃]) is a smaa ceety (commune) in central Fraunce. It is prefectur o the Saône-et-Loire department, in the region o Bourgogne, an the caipital o the Mâconnais destrict. Mâcon is hame tae ower 35,000 residents, cried Mâconnais.

Mâcon
Coat airms
Mâcon Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region Mâcon
Coordinates: 46°18′23″N 4°49′53″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Depairtment	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Mâcon
Canton	Chef-lieu for 3 cantons (Mâcon-Centre, Mâcon-Nord an Mâcon-Sud)
Intercommunality	Mâconnais–Val de Saône
Govrenment
• Mayor (2001–2014)	Jean-Patrick Courtois
Area 1	27.04 km2 (10.44 sq mi)
Population  (2006)2	35,393
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71270 /71000
Elevation	167–347 m (548–1,138 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
Website	Offeecial wabsteid
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.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Mâcon is twinned wi:

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany, syne 26 Juin 1956 Crewe and Nantwich, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1957 Overijse, Belgium, syne 28 August 1960 Macon, Georgie, Unitit States, syne 1972 Shumen, Bulgarie, syne 18 September 2006

Lecco, Italy, syne 12 Mey 1973 Alcázar de San Juan, Spain, syne 15 Mairch 1980 Eger, Hungary, syne 11 Mey 1985 Pori, Finland, syne 11 Mey 1990 Santo Tirso, Portugal, syne 20 Juin 1992