Saône-et-Loire

French department
Organization department_of_france Q12736
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Summary

Saône-et-Loire is a department of France[1]. Saône-et-Loire draws 3,990 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #45 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: André Accary[5]
  • Capital: Mâcon[6]
  • Shares border with: Allier[7], Nièvre[8], Côte-d’Or[9], Jura[10], Ain[11], Rhône[12], Loire[13]
  • Named after: Saône[14], Loire[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Autun[16], arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône[17], arrondissement of Charolles[18], arrondissement of Louhans[19], arrondissement of Mâcon[20], Mâcon[21], Autun[22], Cluny[23], Mouthier-en-Bresse[24], Chalon-sur-Saône[25], Changy[26], Charolles[27], Bellevesvre[28], Grandvaux[29]

Why It Matters

Saône-et-Loire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Saône-et-Loire is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Autun, arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône, arrondissement of Charolles +501
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||7 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 16w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Autun, arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône, arrondissement of Charolles +501
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
  3. 16w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Mâcon
    Category for people buried here → Q86568739
    Country → France
    Population → {'amount': '+556622'}, {'amount': '+555408'}, {'amount': '+553595'} +6
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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