Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (, literally ''Sainte-Croix in
Bresse
Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), whic ...
''; before 2020: ''Sainte-Croix'')
Décret n° 2020-175
26 February 2020 is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
Saône-et-Loire is B ...
department in the region
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of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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in eastern France. The writer Rose Vincent
Rose Vincent (pseudonym for Marie Rose Treffot-Jurgensen) (15 March 1918 – 15 June 2011) was a French journalist and writer.
Originally from Bresse Louhanaise, she worked as a teacher and served in the Resistance during the Second World War. ...
(1918–2011) was born there.
Geography
The Solnan
The Solnan () is a long river in the Ain and Saône-et-Loire departments in eastern France. Its source is at Verjon, in the Jura Mountains. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Seille, into which it flows at Louhans ...
forms most of the commune's eastern border. The Sâne Morte
The Sâne Morte (, the dead Sâne) is a long river in the Ain and Saône-et-Loire ''départements'', eastern France. Its source is at Foissiat. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a right tributary of the Sâne Vive into which it flows at ...
forms part of the commune's southern border, flows northwestward through the commune, then forms most of its north-western border.
Notable residents
*Waldeck Rochet
Waldeck Rochet (5 April 1905 – 17 February 1983) was a French communist politician. He was General Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1964 to 1972.
Early life and career
The son of a cobbler, Rochet was named in honor of poli ...
(1905-1983) - Secretary General of the Communist Party of France
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The PCF was founded in 1920 by Marxistâ ...
(1964-1972)
*Rose Vincent
Rose Vincent (pseudonym for Marie Rose Treffot-Jurgensen) (15 March 1918 – 15 June 2011) was a French journalist and writer.
Originally from Bresse Louhanaise, she worked as a teacher and served in the Resistance during the Second World War. ...
(1918-2011) - Journalist and writer
See also
*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France
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References
Communes of Saône-et-Loire
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