Cluny
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Cluny
|commune status = Commune
|image = Cluny Farinier depuis clocher.jpg
|caption = A general view of Cluny
|image coat of arms = Blason ville Cluny.svg
|arrondissement = Mâcon
|canton = Cluny
|intercommunality = Clunisois
|INSEE = 71137
|postal code = 71250
|term = 2020–2026
|coordinates = {{coord|46.4353|4.66|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 248
|elevation min m = 226
|elevation max m = 574
|area km2 = 23.71
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|image flag=}}
Cluny ({{IPA|fr|klyni}}) is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Mâcon.
The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562, and many of its valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed.
Geography
The river Grosne flows northward through the commune and crosses the town.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-71137#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |3807
|1975 |4343
|1982 |4441
|1990 |4430
|1999 |4376
|2007 |4585
|2012 |4712
|2017 |4830
}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.cluny.fr/ Official website] (in French)
- {{cite EB9 |wstitle = Cluny |volume= VI | page=43 |short=1}}
{{Saône-et-Loire communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Saône-et-Loire
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