Chapaize

Chapaize
Chapaize
Location within Burgundy region  Chapaize
Administration
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Mâcon
Canton	Saint-Gengoux-le-National
Intercommunality	Entre Grosne et Guye
Statistics
Elevation	203–315 m (666–1,033 ft) (avg. 200 m/660 ft)
Land area1	13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population2	166  (2006)
- Density	12 /km2 (31 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	71087/ 71460
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.

Coordinates: 46°33′29″N 4°44′17″E / 46.5580555556°N 4.73805555556°E / 46.5580555556; 4.73805555556

Chapaize is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.

Sights

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.

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Flickr: Photos tagged with "Chapaize"
• www.chapaize.org
• www.art-roman.net/chapaize.htm
• Pictures of the church