page_title: Charolais-Brionnais region
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Charolais-Brionnais region / Geography
context_page_description: The Charolais-Brionnais region is located in the southwest of the French department of the Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy. Created in 2004, the region comprises a population of 90,000 inhabitants across 129 municipalities.
context_section_description: The Loire River, flanked by its adjoining canals flows on the western edge of Charolais-Brionnais.The Charolais-Brionnais region is home to the renowned Charolais cattle and is an applicant for UNESCO status as a World Heritage Site to preserve, consolidate and transmit this resource. The EV6 The Rivers Route is a EuroVelo long-distance cycling route. It leaves the French river Loire at Digoin for the Canal du Centre, where it starts its way through the Charolais-Brionnais.
caption: Bocage country
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