Rigny-sur-Arroux

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.

Rigny-sur-Arroux
Commune
The church in Rigny-sur-Arroux
Location of Rigny-sur-Arroux
Rigny-sur-Arroux Show map of France Rigny-sur-Arroux Show map of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 46°32′00″N 4°01′43″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  (2022)[2]	616
• 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.

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]

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department