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Mâcon

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Mâcon
Coat of airms o Mâcon
Coat airms
Mâcon is located in Fraunce
Mâcon
Mâcon
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Mâcon is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Mâcon
Mâcon
Coordinates: 46°18′23″N 4°49′53″E / 46.30630°N 4.8313°E / 46.30630; 4.8313Coordinates: 46°18′23″N 4°49′53″E / 46.30630°N 4.8313°E / 46.30630; 4.8313
KintraFraunce
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepairtmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementMâcon
CantonChef-lieu for 3 cantons (Mâcon-Centre, Mâcon-Nord an Mâcon-Sud)
IntercommunalityMâconnais–Val de Saône
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2001–2014) Jean-Patrick Courtois
Area
1
27.04 km2 (10.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)2
35,393
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71270 /71000
Elevation167–347 m (548–1,138 ft)
(avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
WebsiteOffeecial 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.

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.

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns – Sister ceeties

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Mâcon is twinned wi:

References

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  1. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.