Tournus Explained

Tournus
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Tournus (Saône-et-Loire).svg
Arrondissement:Mâcon
Canton:Tournus
Insee:71543
Postal Code:71700
Mayor:Bertrand Veau[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Mâconnais - Tournugeois
Coordinates:46.5639°N 4.9092°W
Elevation M:193
Elevation Min M:168
Elevation Max M:353
Area Km2:25

Tournus (in French pronounced as /tuʁny/) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geography

Tournus is located on the right bank of the Saône, 20 km. northeast of Mâcon on the Paris-Lyon railway.

Sights

The church of St Philibert (early 11th century), is the main surviving building of the former Benedictine abbey of Tournus, suppressed in 1785. It is in the Burgundian Romanesque style. The façade lacks one of the two flanking towers originally designed for it. The nave is roofed with barrel vaulting, supported on tall cylindrical columns. Both the choir and the 11th century crypt beneath it have an ambulatory and side chapels.In the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville stands a statue of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, born in the town in 1725.

Economy

Tournus is an important tourist area, with one four-star hotel (the Greuze) and one three-star hotel (the Rempart). In 2013, four restaurants had a Michelin star: the Greuze, Quartier Gourmand, Aux Terasses, and Meulien.

There are vineyards in the surrounding district and the town and its port have considerable commerce in wine and in stone from the neighboring quarries. Chairmaking was an important industry.

There are several industrial areas to the north and south-west. The town manufactures a large quantity of domestic white goods, at the Groupe SEB factory, and cookware at the Tefal factory.

There is a market every Saturday morning.

Sport

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Greuze, Jean Baptiste . 12 . Dilke . Emilia Francis Strong . Emilia Dilke . 584-585 . 1.