Rigny-sur-Arroux | |
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The church in Rigny-sur-Arroux | |
Coordinates: 46°32′00″N 4°01′43″E / 46.5333°N 4.0286°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Charolles |
Canton | Gueugnon |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrice Bernard[1] |
Area 1 | 48.17 km2 (18.60 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 619 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 71370 /71160 |
Elevation | 227–347 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]