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Leon Brittan
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Brittan died of cancer in London, aged 75.
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Chalon-sur-Saône
Chalon-sur-Saône is a city and a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. It is the largest city of the department; however, the department capital is the smaller city of Mâcon.
Though the place where is Chalon-sur-Saône now was an important town of the Aedui (Celtic people that lived between the Saône and Loire rivers) and objects of La Tène culture have been found here, the first mention of the town, as Cavillonum or Cabillonum, is found in Julius Caesar's "Gallic Wars" (VII, chs. 42 and 90).
Chalon-sur-Saône is on the sides of the Saône river, in the south of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The city is at to the southeast of Paris and at to the north of Lyon.
It has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The Saône river flows through the eastern part of the city and the small river Thalie flows through the western part of the "commune".
Chalon-sur-Saône is surrounded by the "communes" Fragnes, Crissey, Châtenoy-en-Bresse, Saint-Marcel, Lux, Saint-Rémy, Châtenoy-le-Royal and Champforgeuil.
The climate of Chalon-sur-Saône, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Chalon-sur-Saône are known, in French, as "Chalonnais" (women: "Chalonnaises").
With a population of 44,985, Chalon-sur-Saône has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Chalon-sur-Saône
Chalon-sur-Saône forms, with other 9 "communes", the urban area of Chalon-sur-Saône, with a population of 74.357 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Chalon-sur-Saône, formed by 90 "communes" with a population of 134,568 inhabitants (2013) and an area of .
Chalon-sur-Saône is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department since 1800. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of Chalon-sur-Saône and the administrative centre () of three cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality "Le Grand Chalon" ().
Chalon-sur-Saône is a twin town of:
Some interesting places in Chalon-sur-Saône are:
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Arrondissements of the Saône-et-Loire department
There are 5 arrondissements in the Saône-et-Loire department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into "arrondissements", which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.
If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.
The arrondissements are further divided into cantons and communes.
The arrondissements of the Saône-et-Loire department are:
Since its creation, the Saône-et-Loire department has had few changes:
Chris Kyle
Christopher Scott "Chris" Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL. Kyle was the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. He had 160 confirmed kills out of 255 possible kills. Kyle was born in Odessa, Texas.
On February 2, 2013, Kyle was shot and killed at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas, aged 38.
Arrondissement of Autun
The arrondissement of Autun is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Saône-et-Loire "département" in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Autun.
When the Saône-et-Loire department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Autun was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Autun is bordered to the north by the Côte-d'Or department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Chalon-sur-Saône, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Charolles and to the west by the Nièvre department.
It is the northernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 86,693 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
The cantons of the arrondissement of Autun are:
The "arrondissement" of Autun has 83 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
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