Issy-l'Évêque

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Issy-l'Évêque

(2020–2026) Serge Nivot^[1]Area

71.13 km² (27.46 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

687 • Density9.7/km² (25/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

71239 /71760

Elevation273–506 m (896–1,660 ft)
(avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Issy-l'Évêque (French pronunciation: [isi levɛːk]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Personalities

Irène Némirovsky (1903-1942), the Ukrainian-Jewish-French novelist lived there during part of World War II; she was arrested in Issy-l'Évêque on 13 July 1942.^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Anissimov, Myriam (2007). "Preface to the French Edition". In Irène Némirovsky (ed.). Suite française. Vintage. pp. 421–32. ISBN 9781400096275.