Chapaize

Chapaize
Chapaize
Location within Burgundy region Chapaize
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Mâcon
Canton	Saint-Gengoux-le-National
Intercommunality	Entre Grosne et Guye
Area1	13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	166
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	71087 / 71460
Elevation	203–315 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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