Tournus
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Tournus
|commune status = Commune
|image = Tournus St Philib du cour DSCN1651.JPG
|caption = The abbey in Tournus
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Tournus (Saône-et-Loire).svg
|arrondissement = Mâcon
|canton = Tournus
|INSEE = 71543
|postal code = 71700
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Mâconnais - Tournugeois
|coordinates = {{coord|46.5639|4.9092|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 193
|elevation min m = 168
|elevation max m = 353
|area km2 = 25
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Tournus ({{IPA|fr|tuʁny}}) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Geography
Tournus is located on the right bank of the Saône, 20 km. northeast of Mâcon on the Paris-Lyon railway. In 1972 Tournus absorbed the former commune Plottes.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000020875 Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)], Journal officiel de la République française n° 0177, 30 July 1972, pp. 8183-8184.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-71543#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |6673
|1975 |6978
|1982 |6343
|1990 |5927
|1999 |5629
|2007 |5941
|2012 |5849
|2017 |5545
}}
Sights
The church of St Philibert (early 11th century), is the main surviving building of the former Benedictine abbey of Tournus, suppressed in 1785. It is in the Burgundian Romanesque style. The façade lacks one of the two flanking towers originally designed for it. The nave is roofed with barrel vaulting, supported on tall cylindrical columns. Both the choir and the 11th century crypt beneath it have an ambulatory and side chapels.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Tournus|volume=27|page=107}}
File:St Philibert Tournus nave.jpg
In the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville stands a statue of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, born in the town in 1725.
Economy
Tournus is an important tourist area, with one four-star hotel (the Greuze) and one three-star hotel (the Rempart). In 2013, four restaurants had a Michelin star: the Greuze, Quartier Gourmand, Aux Terasses, and Meulien.
There are vineyards in the surrounding district and the town and its port have considerable commerce in wine and in stone from the neighboring quarries. Chairmaking was an important industry.
There are several industrial areas to the north and south-west. The town manufactures a large quantity of domestic white goods, at the Groupe SEB factory, and cookware at the Tefal factory.
There is a market every Saturday morning.
Sport
- On 9 June 2009, the town was the start of the {{convert|182|km|adj=on|abbr=on}} Stage 3 of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race.
- On 10 July 2010, the town was en route of the {{convert|165.5|km|adj=on|abbr=on}} Stage 7 of the Tour de France cycle race.
Notable people
See also: :Category:People from Tournus.
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805), painter.{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Greuze, Jean Baptiste |volume= 12 |last= Dilke |first= Emilia Francis Strong |author-link= Emilia Dilke |pages=584-585 |short=1}}
- Albert Thibaudet (1874–1936), a French essayist and literary critic.
- Gabriel Voisin (1880–1973), aviation and automobile pioneer.
- Marie-Hélène Mathieu, (born 1929), religious worker for the disabled.
- Josiane Bost (born 1956), a French former racing cyclist
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Tournus}}
{{Saône-et-Loire communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Saône-et-Loire
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