Rigny-sur-Arroux | |
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 The church in Rigny-sur-Arroux | |
 Location of Rigny-sur-Arroux | |
  Rigny-sur-Arroux  Rigny-sur-Arroux | |
| Coordinates:46°32′00″N4°01′43″E / 46.5333°N 4.0286°E /46.5333; 4.0286 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Charolles |
| Canton | Gueugnon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Patrice Bernard[1] |
Area 1 | 48.17 km2 (18.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 616 |
| • Density | 12.8/km2 (33.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 71370 /71160 |
| Elevation | 227–347 m (745–1,138 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rigny-sur-Arroux (French pronunciation:[ʁiɲisyʁaʁu], literallyRigny onArroux) is acommune in the east-central Frenchdepartment ofSaône-et-Loire,Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The discovery in 1874 of a cache ofSolutrean laurel-leaf flint points in the hamlet of Volgu, just south of the village proper, indicates that the environs of the present-day Rigny were inhabited or frequented byPaleolithic peoples around 20,000 years ago.[3]
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