Semur-en-Brionnais

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

(2020–2026) François Antarieu^[1]Area15.56 km² (6.01 sq mi)Population606 • Density39/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation271–464 m (889–1,522 ft)
(avg. 396 m or 1,299 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Semur-en-Brionnais (French pronunciation: [səmyʁ ɑ̃ bʁijɔnɛ]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Sights

• The oldest castle in Burgundy, Château Saint Hugues, dating from 9th century.
• The collegiale Saint Hilaire, the village church, dating from the 12th century.
• The chapel of St Martin la Vallée
• The Priory St Hugues, now the Convent of the Sisters of the Order of St. John
• The Chapter House. Built as a small monastery, this building later housed the village school and now contains, among other things, an exhibition of Romanesque Architecture in the Brionnais
• The village ramparts^[3]
  

Semur-en-Brionnais is the birthplace of

• Saint Hugues, the founder of Cluny Abbey, born 1024
• Henriette d'Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc.
• The chef Albert Roux OBE, KFO, born in October 1935. [1] He owns Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in Britain to win three Michelin Stars.

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

External links

• The village website