The arrondissement of Autun is an

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of France in the Saône-et-Loire department in the

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

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. It has 89

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. Its population is 131,392 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Autun, and their

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Anost Anost () is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. It is located on the departmental border with Nièvre, northeast of the Haut-Folin summit and southwest of Ménessaire ...

(71009) # Antully (71010) #

Autun Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Ro ...

(71014) # Auxy (71015) # Barnay (71020) # Les Bizots (71038) # Blanzy (71040) # La Boulaye (71046) # Le Breuil (71059) # Brion (71062) #

Broye The Broye (; frp, Brouye''Dictionnaire-Dikchenéro: Français-Patois/Patê-Franché''. Société cantonale des patoisans fribourgeois. Fribourg: 2013. p. 87 ) is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It ha ...

(71063) # La Celle-en-Morvan (71509) # La Chapelle-sous-Uchon (71096) # Charbonnat (71098) # Charmoy (71103) # Chissey-en-Morvan (71129) # Ciry-le-Noble (71132) # Collonge-la-Madeleine (71140) #

La Comelle La Comelle () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It was the birthplace of Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the world. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-L ...

(71142) #

Cordesse Cordesse () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is located north of Autun. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 565 co ...

(71144) # Couches (71149) # Créot (71151) #

Le Creusot Le Creusot () is a commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire department, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now dominated by metallurgic ...

(71153) # Curgy (71162) # Cussy-en-Morvan (71165) # Dettey (71172) # Dracy-lès-Couches (71183) # Dracy-Saint-Loup (71184) #

Écuisses Écuisses () is a Communes of France, commune in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Le Creusot TGV station is situated in the commune. See also *Co ...

(71187) # Épertully (71188) # Épinac (71190) # Essertenne (71191) # Étang-sur-Arroux (71192) # Génelard (71212) # Gourdon (71222) # La Grande-Verrière (71223) #

Igornay Igornay () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 565 communes of the Saône-et-Loire ...

(71237) # Laizy (71251) # Lucenay-l'Évêque (71266) # Marigny (71278) # Marmagne (71282) #

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(71286) # Mesvres (71297) #

Montceau-les-Mines Montceau-les-Mines () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is the second-largest commune of the metropolitan Communauté urbaine Creusot Montceau, which lies southwest of ...

(71306) # Montcenis (71309) # Montchanin (71310) # Monthelon (71313) # Mont-Saint-Vincent (71320) # Morey (71321) # Morlet (71322) # Perrecy-les-Forges (71346) # Perreuil (71347) # La Petite-Verrière (71349) # Pouilloux (71356) # Reclesne (71368) # Roussillon-en-Morvan (71376) # Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes (71390) #

Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux (, literally ''Saint-Didier on Arroux'') is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department *Parc naturel ré ...

(71407) # Saint-Émiland (71409) # Saint-Eugène (71411) # Saint-Eusèbe (71412) # Saint-Firmin (71413) # Saint-Forgeot (71414) # Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches (71424) # Saint-Jean-de-Trézy (71431) # Saint-Julien-sur-Dheune (71435) # Saint-Laurent-d'Andenay (71436) # Saint-Léger-du-Bois (71438) # Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray (71440) # Saint-Martin-de-Commune (71450) # Saint-Maurice-lès-Couches (71464) # Saint-Micaud (71465) # Saint-Nizier-sur-Arroux (71466) # Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes (71468) # Saint-Prix (71472) # Saint-Romain-sous-Gourdon (71477) # Saint-Sernin-du-Bois (71479) # Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne (71482) # Saint-Vallier (71486) #

Saisy Saisy () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography Saisy is located from Beaune, from Chalon-sur-Saône and from Autun.An aerial view of Saisy (le Bourg) from geop ...

(71493) # Sanvignes-les-Mines (71499) # Sommant (71527) # Sully (71530) # La Tagnière (71531) # Tavernay (71535) # Thil-sur-Arroux (71537) # Tintry (71539) # Torcy (71540) # Uchon (71551)

History

The arrondissement of Autun was created in 1800.Historique de Saône-et-Loire
/ref> In January 2017 it gained 14 communes from the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône and five communes from the arrondissement of Charolles, and it lost six communes to the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône and seven communes to the arrondissement of Charolles. As a result of the reorganisation of the

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which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Autun were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 71 Saône-et-Loire
INSEE # Autun-Nord # Autun-Sud # Couches # Le Creusot-Est # Le Creusot-Ouest # Épinac # Issy-l'Évêque # Lucenay-l'Évêque # Mesvres # Montcenis # Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray

References

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