Donzy-le-National
Donzy-le-National | |
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Part of La Vineuse sur Fregande | |
Location of Donzy-le-National | |
Donzy-le-National Donzy-le-National | |
| Coordinates: 46°27′16″N 4°34′00″E / 46.4544°N 4.5667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon |
| Canton | Cluny |
| Commune | La Vineuse sur Fregande |
Area 1 | 10.28 km2 (3.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 224 |
| • Density | 21.8/km2 (56.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 71250 |
| Elevation | 235–480 m (771–1,575 ft) (avg. 307 m or 1,007 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Donzy-le-National is a former commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Vineuse sur Fregande.[2]
History
In 1775, a rabid wolf bit a dozen people in different hamlets of the parish. Some were disfigured and all perished from rabies despite the care provided by a doctor, Dr. Blais, who had gathered the sick in a house in Cluny transformed into a hospital.[3]
During the French Revolution, the town, then called Donzy-le-Royal, was temporarily renamed Donzy-le-National before reverting to its earlier name.[4] It was in 1890 that the town adopted the revolutionary name it bears today.[4] This is the name the town still uses today, like four other towns in the Saône-et-Loire department which, like Donzy-le-National, have retained their revolutionary name.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 July 2016 (in French)
- ^ « La chasse aux loups », article de Jean-Claude Cagnion paru dans la revue « Images de Saône-et-Loire » n° 106 d'août 1996, pages 19 à 21.
- ^ a b From Cassini's villages to today's municipalities " Municipal record: Donzy-le-National ", on ehess.fr, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.