Nanton

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

Geography

History

Nanton is the cradle of the Maison of Nanton, powerful house of knighthood of the Middle Ages.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

The painter Adolphe Déchenaud, Grand Prix of Rome in 1894 was buried in the cemetery of Nanton. Déchenaud had made of this village its fatherland of election. It frequently came there and one ensures that the villagers were its models for tables like the Golden wedding , the Vintagers .

See too

Common of Saône-et-Loire

External bonds

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

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