Rigny-sur-Arroux

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Location of Rigny-sur-Arroux
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(2020–2026) Patrice Bernard[1]Area
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48.17 km2 (18.60 sq mi)Population
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619 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code
71370 /71160
Elevation227–347 m (745–1,138 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rigny-sur-Arroux (French pronunciation: [ʁiɲi syʁ aʁu], literally Rigny on Arroux) is a commune in the east-central French department of Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

The discovery in 1874 of a cache of Solutrean laurel-leaf flint points in the hamlet of Volgu, just south of the village proper, indicates that the environs of the present-day Rigny were inhabited or frequented by Paleolithic peoples around 20,000 years ago.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Schmidt P; Bellot-Gurlet L; Floss H (27 July 2018). "The unique Solutrean laurel-leaf points of Volgu:heat-treated or not?". Antiquity. 92 (363). Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press: 587–602. doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.87. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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