Chauffailles

Chauffailles (French pronunciation: [ʃofaj]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Chauffailles
Commune
Town centre
Coat of arms
Location of Chauffailles
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Coordinates: 46°12′26″N 4°20′27″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Charolles
Canton	Chauffailles
Intercommunality	CC Brionnais Sud Bourgogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphanie Dumoulin[1]
Area 1	22.63 km2 (8.74 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,675
• Density	162.4/km2 (420.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71120 /71170
Elevation	352–653 m (1,155–2,142 ft) (avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Chaufailles lies in the extreme south of the department of Saône-et-Loire at the foot of the Beaujolais mountains.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,479	—
1975	4,955	+1.45%
1982	4,831	−0.36%
1990	4,485	−0.92%
1999	4,119	−0.94%
2007	3,980	−0.43%
2012	3,818	−0.83%
2017	3,708	−0.58%
Source: INSEE[2]

Culture

Chauffailles was the base of the Congrégation des Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles, an order of teaching nuns founded by Reine Antier (1801–83).^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department