Cormatin

Cormatin
Chateau
Cormatin
Location within Burgundy region Cormatin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Mâcon
Canton	Saint-Gengoux-le-National
Intercommunality	entre Grosne et Guye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-François Bordet
Area1	9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	524
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	71145 / 71460
Elevation	201–260 m (659–853 ft) (avg. 218 m or 715 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cormatin is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.

The village, on the Grosne river, is home to a beautiful castle and a small museum about World War I.

Geography

The Grosne forms part of the commune's south-western border, then flows northward through the western part of the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE