Chânes

Chânes is a common French, located in the department of Saône-et-Loire and the area Burgundy.

Geography

Chânes is located at the south of Mâcon, on the first heights of the Beaujolais wine. The commune distributes on both sides small affluent of the Saone: Arlois. Over left bank of Arlois, the borough of Chânes is dominated by its Romance church. Along Arlois, the hamlet of the Borough-Nine skirts the main roads which lead to the RN6. Lastly, on Right Bank of the river, the old locality the Courtyards extended with construction from an important allotment at the end of the Seventies and in the Eighties (see the demographic trends below). The commune gathers an important wine activity. Located between the vintages of Built and those of the Beaujolais wine, the soil produces mainly of Saint-Véran (white, believed of built). Chânes is the seat of the one of the principal factories of setting in bottles of the area. The village has for common neighbors Saint-Love to the south, Leynes in the west, Chaintré in north and finally Crêches on the Saone while going towards the Saone.

History

Chânes was strengthened as of highest antiquity (dependence of the abbey of Cluny, then chapter of Saint Vincent de Mâcon). In 1601, its castle belonged to Lord Jean of the Room and in 1671 in Louis Charrier Rock, lord of Crêches and Chânes. Formerly, the hamlet of the " Dracé Ollières" belonged to the commune of Chânes, this last from now on is attached to the commune of Crêches on the Saone since 1805 (Napoléonien decree). This decree seems to make following many arguments and negociations between the two villages concerning of the right-of-way and the properties of one or the other.

Administration

The commune of Chânes belongs to the canton of the Vault of Guinchay with 10 other neighbouring communes

Demography

Places and monuments

Church Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul , Romance Church of Xième and 12th centuries.

Traditions and demonstrations

Each year is organized an hiking (on May 1st). This one crosses the village but also the communes bordering. This demonstration marks a certain notoriety in the area maconnaise since more than one ten years. The courses propose at the same time entertainment, discovered and sport.

See too

Common of Saône-et-Loire

External bonds

Chânes on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Chânes on the site of INSEE
Chânes on the site of Quid
Localization of Chânes on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Chânes on Mapquest

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