Autun
Subprefecture and commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the house in the United States, see Autun (West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania).
Autun (French: [otœ̃] ⓘ) is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Roman capital to the Gallic people Aedui, who had Bibracte as their political centre. In Roman times the city may have been home to 30,000 to 100,000 people, according to different estimates.[3] Nowadays, the commune has a population of about 15,000.
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Subprefecture and commune | |
From top down, left to right: Autun Cathedral, Passage de la Terrasse, Lycée militaire, Autun Theatre and City Hall, Roman-era theatre, Temple of Janus | |
Coordinates: 46°57′06″N 4°17′58″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Autun |
Canton | Autun-1, Autun-2 |
Intercommunality | CC du Grand Autunois Morvan |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Vincent Chauvet[1] (MoDem) |
Area 1 | 61.52 km2 (23.75 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 13,145 |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 71014 /71400 |
Elevation | 280–642 m (919–2,106 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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