Chalon Sur Saone

Count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

Education

The city has 25 nursery schools , 22 primary schools , 7 colleges , 10 secondary schools and 15 colleges (including some in high schools) with an IUT .

Health

There is a hospital (William Morey), also a clinic (St. Mary). He is listed the presence of 56 general physicians .

Media

The city is the center of the Journal de Saone-et-Loire. Several radio stations are located in the city: Virgin Radio Chalon-sur-Saone Radio Prevert, NRJ "Saone et Loire" or Cherie FM "Bourgogne Franche Comt. Other radio waves emitted from Chalon-sur-Saone Europe 1 , Fun Radio , France Inter , France Bleu Bourgogne , Skyrock , RFM , RTL , RMC ...

Associations

There are about 800 associations in this city .

Events

• Chalon dans la Rue : Festival Annual street performance in the month of July. In 2003 , following changes by the Government's rights in the entertainment industry , and contrary to the will of the organizers, treating them as "few agitators", the majority of players in the festival did strike and continued the movement after the "deadlines" by presenting concerts, shows, free food in different cities (Le Stadium, Near St John), etc..

• The Carnival of Chalon which takes place every year from late February to early March, two Sundays.

• The Montgolfiades which are held each early summer to mark the beginning of major events in July and August. It is a gathering of many balloons.

• The Fair chalon held each year in early October.

Chalon dans la rue: Atmosphere at a street corner

Carnival Queens Float

Carnival (place de Beaune)

Carnival: The zingeunerinsel on the front of City Hall

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Sport

The Elan Chalon ( Basketball ) is the headliner of the sport currently Chalon (2009). The club already has five semi-finals of the Championship of France Pro A and 13 seasons among the elite. He reached the final of the Saporta Cup (European Cup) in 2001 . In women, the Chalon Basketball Club evolves National 2 in 2009 - 2010 , having played there a dozen years in National 1. The Racing Club Chalonnais ( Rugby Union ) who after a prosperous period in the 1970s and 1980s did after trying to find the way to the high level, currently plays in three federal bankruptcy following the June 10, 2010. The Handball Club Chalonnais ( Handball ) is back in sport Chalon currently evolving a National ^(3rd division) for the season 2009 - 2010. The Football Club Chalonnais ( Football ) evolves Division of Honour League Burgundy for season 2009 - 2010. The Rowing Club of Chalon-sur-Saone (ACC) ( Rowing ). In 2007 , is the 9 ^th French club. It counts among its ranks Adrien Hardy , double world champion and Olympic champion in Athens . The club total of 37 national titles and seven world titles. Chalon Circle Boating (CNC) ( Swimming ) is perfected for several years and hosts national competitions . The Vikings of Chalon ( Baseball ). Chalon Tennis Club and its tennis school ( Tennis ). The VBCC Volleyball Club Chalon ( Volleyball ) that evolves in 2008 - 2009 in National 3. The Chalon sur Sane Badminton Club ( Badminton ) with leisure and competition . Chalonnais The Roller Hockey ( Roller Hockey ) (CHR) has its senior team in National 2 .

Elan Chalon: A Pro Match at Coliseum

Racing Club Chalonnais Brailly at Stade Louis (2006-2007)

HBCC handball match in 2009 (National 1)

Leo Lagrange point of view

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Famous people living

Rachida Dati

• Steeve Guenot (1985 -), gold medalist in Greco-Roman in the category of under 66 kg in Olympic Games 2008 Summer ;
• Jean Monneret (1922 -), painter , founding president of the Foundation of Funeral historic Grand Palais (Paris) ;
• Mark di Suvero (1933 -), American sculptor movement abstract expressionism who lived in Chalon and continuing to reside there;
• Dominique Perben (1945 -), politician ( RPR and UMP ), mayor of Chalon-sur-Saone from 1983 to 2002;
• Grard Collomb (1947 -), politician ( PS ) mayor of Lyon since 2001;
• Jean-Pierre Adams (1948 -), footballer ;
• Branget Francoise (1953 -), politician ( UMP ), member of the Doubs since 2004;
• Verjux Michel (1956 -), contemporary artist ;
• Florent Pagny (1961 -), singer ;
• Rachida Dati (1965 -), politician ( UMP ), former Justice Minister , MEP;
• Adrien Hardy (1978 -), gold medalist in rowing (double sculls man) to Summer Olympics of 2004 , world champion of rowing (sport) in 2003 and 2006 European champion in 2008 ;
• Degletagne Lucia (1985 -), which was the Miss France 2004 by Acting following the dismissal of Ltitia Blger.

Personalities linked to the common

Joseph Nipce

• Caesarius of Arles (470-543), monk ;
• Gontran ^I. (545-592), king ;
• Arey Saint , Bishop of Gap of 579 to 614, born in Chalon;
• Abelard (1079-1142), theologian ;
• Pontus Tyard (1521-1605), poet of the Lyons school, promoted in 1578 Bishop of Chalon-sur-Sane;
• Nicolas Chalon du Bl
• miland Gauthey , born in Chalon-sur-Saone in 1732 and died in Paris in 1806, civil engineer and architect. He is among others the development of Chalon-sur-Saone (docks, theater, bridge Saint-Laurent, obelisk ...) and implementation of the Canal du Centre to Chalon Digoin;
• Vivant Denon (1747 Givry, 1825 in Paris), Grand Master of Arts for Napoleon ;
• Joseph Nicephore Niepce (1765-1833), inventor of photography ;
• Andr Jullien (1766-1832), winemaker ;
• Fortune-Joseph Petiot Groffier (1788-1855), industrialist, MP and pioneer of photography;
• Jean-Baptiste Bressant , actor of theater French (1815-1886), was born October 23, 1815;
• Trmaux Pierre (1818-1895), architect (second Prix de Rome), orientalist and photographer;
• Leo-Living Moissenet (1831-1906), Ecole Polytechnique, Paris mining engineer;
• Edward Benjamin Baillaud (1848-1934), astronomer French, creator of the Observatory of Pic du Midi ;
• Mauchamp mile (1870-1907), French doctor murdered in Morocco ;
• Letorey Omer (1873-1938), composer, Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1895;
• Bugnet Georges (1879 - 1981), journalist and writer.
• Nouelle Georges (1887-1966), politician ( SFIO ) and mayor of Chalon-sur-Saone 1926 to 1946 and from 1952 to 1965;
• Lacheroy Charles (1906-2005), military;
• Roger Marchi (1919-1946), French ace of World War II born in Chalon-sur-Saone July 26, 1919;
• Roland Carraz (1943-1999), politician ( PS and MDC ) and Mayor of Chenve from 1983 to 1999;

Economy

Population and Income Taxation

In 2007 the median household income tax was 14 500 .

Employment, industry, commerce, services

The principle areas of employment are specialized in nuclear , the chemistry ( plastics , photography ), the Metallurgy and Mechanics.

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In total there are 2472 economic establishments in this city: 764 shops, 454 services to individuals, 409 educational institutions, health and social action, 378 business services, 122 construction companies, 69 agricultural and food industries, 64 corporate real estate activities, 60 transport companies, 49 industries, intermediate goods, 35 industries, consumer goods, 34 energy companies, 33 industries, capital goods and an automobile industry ^Tourism

This city attracts tourists coming for several reasons: the historical appeal, art, gastronomy and wine ( Cote Chalonnaise ).

Culture and Heritage

Monuments and Sights

Chalon-sur-Saone is classified City of Art and History.

Monuments civilians

• Nicephorus City: resource platform images and sounds.

• The Slaughterhouse: former abattoir Regional Abattoir became a cultural structure that knows how to accompany and support street artists over their creations. It is one of nine National Centres of the Arts of France Street.

• The regional influence Conservatory of Music and Dance.

• Lapniche. Hall of contemporary music. Located within the walls of the slaughterhouse, a concert hall conventioned (The Abatta ') was created in 1994. It changed its name in 1999 and became Lapniche.

• The watering can. Jazz club created in 1971.

• Espace des Arts. former House of Culture from 1971 to 1984. Theater, dance, music, visual arts ... on the same block and the House of Sports (sports: basketball, handball ...).

• Municipal Theater. Proscenium (facade completed in 1783)

• Theatre Grain of Salt. Small theater made available by Jacques Baillard (Theatre of Saone et Loire) in 1982. It is currently managed by Jean-Jacques Parquier (Cran Theatre) since 2006

• The fairground and the Colosseum.

• The house wine of the coast Chalonnaise.

• Former episcopal palace, on the Gallo-Roman and medieval, all ^seventeenth and ^eighteenth centuries.

• The bridge of St. Lawrence.

• The hospital of St. Lawrence Island, built in 1526 and its chapel of the ^nineteenth century.

• Obelisk commemorating the construction of the center channel.

City of art and history, Chalon-sur-Sane has a large historic district with old timbered houses , many streets, towers and turrets: Turret of the impasse of Gravel, around the belfry dating from XV ^century , brick ( bells ^XV and XVI ^centuries ), Tower of the former speaker bishopric , Deanery Tower, hexagonal, the ^fifteenth century , rising on the St. Lawrence Island Tower Saudon, based Roman Tower Coco-Louvrier the ^fifteenth century , the Tour of Lombardy XV ^century Tower of the Bishop medieval and Tower Marcilly.

The city has other fortifications with bastions of XVI ^century (St. Peter and Royal) built by Henry II.

View of the obelisk

The Coliseum

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Religious sites

Catholic Churches

Cathedral of St Vincent

In the city, outside the chapel or chapels-old Catholic school or medical facilities etc.., There are eight buildings used for worship, shared between three parishes: these are those listed below. Note that before the Revolution, the city has many more shrines and Catholic convents. Unfortunately, many monuments were destroyed during this period ...

• The Cathedral of St. Vincent (built between 1090 and 1520 ), facade Revival 1827 , cloister ^fourteenth and ^fifteenth sicles.On to note the presence of the tomb of the bishop of Chalon Saint Loup (601 to 602), which particularly given its name to the small town of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes , very close. Note that the towers contain two bells weighing about 500 kg and 1000 kg, and a drone of 4.3 T but for now does not ring a peal, until the municipilat can repair the frame of the tower, but which rings the death knell for the funeral.
• The imposing baroque church of Saint-Pierre, Place de l'Hotel de Ville.
• The neo-Gothic church Saint-Cosme, near the train station, old Catholic parish church of the old town of Saint-Cme, absorbed by Chalon-sur-Saone.
• The Chapel of the Citadel and its votive statue of the Virgin Mary (high on a tower adjacent to the chapel in gratitude to the Blessed Virgin to protect the city against the Prussians in 1870, according to a vow made by the inhabitants): a plaque on the facade recalls that the city was formally put under the protection of the Virgin in 1940.
• The Church of the Sacred Heart.
• The Church of St. Jean des Vignes, a former Catholic parish church of the old town of St. Jean des Vignes, absorbed in Chalon-sur-Saone.
• The modern church of Our Lady of Light.
• The modern church of St. Paul.

Temples and churches Protestant Reformed

There are two Reformed churches:

• Reformed Church of France (rue Carnot)
• Evangelical Church (St. Gauthey).

Orthodox Churches

• Serbian Orthodox Chapel (St. Vincent Rue du Rempart).

Other Christian churches

• Church-of-Jesus-Christ des Saints-of-Latter-Day (Mormon Church) - a religious association since 2009 - rue de la Motte.

Mosques

There are three mosques in Chalon-sur-Saone

• Islamic Cultural Centre El-Fath (rue Edgard Quinet)
• Es-Salam Mosque (rue de Bourgogne)
• Mosque Of Knowledge (Stadium Mall).

Synagogues

• Synagogue Street Gmigny.

Museums

Muse Vivant-Denon

The town has three museums:

• the Museum-Nicephore Niepce , in the photograph. Located in the former mansion of the royal messengers. Since 2000, the museum features contemporary photographs.
• the Muse Vivant-Denon (figure in the art world at the end of the Ancien Regime ). It is located on the Place de l'Hotel de Ville de Chalon-sur-Saone.
• Museum of Remembrance of the fighter who is dedicated to the memories of war to preserve the memory and located in the chapel of the Templars.

Green areas

The largest green space in the city is called the Rose Garden Saint-Nicolas. The park and the square Biches Chabas are two other places green Chalon-sur-Saone.

The city was rewarded with three flowers in the competition of cities and villages in bloom .

Cinema

There are three cinemas in the city (the Axel, the 5 Nefs and Vox).

Shot in the City

The beginning of the film Neuilly his mother! takes place in Chalon-sur-Saone.

The film Three Eight is essentially turned the bottle factory Saint Gobain.

The film The Battle of the rail , dedicated to the Resistance during the war happening in Chalon-sur-Saone.

Libraries

The library consists of four libraries on the city.

Military Life

Lists of military units that held garrison in Chalon-sur-Saone

• ^56th Infantry Regiment , (front) from 1906 to 1914
• 134 ^th Infantry Regiment , 1939 -1940

• Barracks military barracks named Carnot, who hosts the Joint Oil Base, which is attached to the Armed Services Essences.

Photographs

Station	View of the Saone and part of downtown	Avenue de Paris	Center
Rue de la Citadelle	Avenue Gnral Leclerc	Street behind the Cathedral of St Vincent	Street behind the Cathedral of St Vincent
Street oratory	An old building in the district of Boucicault	Two street names	Part of the bypass

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Bibliography

• Sane-et-Loire's 573 municipalities, editions Delattre Granvilliers, 2006, 255 pages, ( ISBN 2-915907-23-4 )
• Michel Limoges Josyane Piffaut, Saone-et-Loire, Siloam-Editor, November 1989, 144 pages, ( ISBN 2-905259-58-2 )
• Pierre Gras, "Note on the Bishops of Chalons," Memory of the Holy History and Archaeology of Chalon-sur-Saone, t.XXXII, Issue 2, Macon, Imp-Buget Comptour 1950.
• Raoul Violot "Eglise St Pierre de Chalon, his Italian origins" of the Blessed Memory of History and Archaeology of Chalon-sur-Saone, t. XXXII, Issue 2, Macon, impr-Buget Comptour, 1950.

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