Couches, Saône-et-Loire

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Couches

46°52′14″N 4°34′23″E / 46.8706°N 4.5731°E / 46.8706; 4.5731CountryFranceRegionBourgogne-Franche-ComtéDepartmentSaône-et-LoireArrondissementAutunCantonChagnyArea

19.52 km² (7.54 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

1,248 • Density64/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

71149 /71490

Elevation231–466 m (758–1,529 ft)
(avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Couches (French pronunciation: [kuʃ]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Sights

Chateau

The chateau complex includes a number of structures from different periods.

The chateau is often called the chateau of Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, wife of Louis X of France, who was confined to the Chateau Gaillard after allegedly committing adultery. She died there after apparent ill treatment in 1315. One version of the story is that she did not die in the Chateau Gaillard, but escaped and was taken in by her cousin, Marie of Couches, and housed in the chateau and died there in 1333.