Chapaize

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

Chapaize
Commune
The church in Chapaize
Coat of arms
Location of Chapaize
Chapaize
Chapaize
Coordinates: 46°33′29″N 4°44′17″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementChalon-sur-Saône
CantonCluny
IntercommunalityEntre Grosne et Guye
Area
1
13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
157
 • Density11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71087 /71460
Elevation203–315 m (666–1,033 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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