Anost

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Location of Anost

(2020–2026) Louis Basdevant^[1]Area

51.91 km² (20.04 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

710 • Density14/km² (35/sq mi)DemonymAnostiensTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

71009 /71550

Elevation357–785 m (1,171–2,575 ft)
(avg. 410 m or 1,350 ft)Websitewww.anost.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Anost (French pronunciation: [ano]) is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France.^[3] It is located on the departmental border with Nièvre, northeast of the Haut-Folin summit and southwest of Ménessaire, a Côte-d'Or exclave.

Geography

The commune lies in the northwestern part of Saône-et-Loire, northwest of the subprefecture Autun. It is part of the Morvan natural area, as well as Morvan Regional Natural Park.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,058	—
1975	867	−2.80%
1982	847	−0.33%
1990	746	−1.57%
1999	679	−1.04%
2009	691	+0.18%
2014	725	+0.97%
2020	714	−0.25%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.