Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse

Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
The church in Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
The church in Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Coat of arms of Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Location of Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
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Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse is located in France
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Coordinates: 46°34′21″N 5°14′49″E / 46.5725°N 5.2469°E / 46.5725; 5.2469
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementLouhans
CantonCuiseaux
Area
1
20.87 km2 (8.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
648
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71401 /71470
Elevation177–210 m (581–689 ft)
(avg. 185 m or 607 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa ɑ̃ bʁɛs], literally Sainte-Croix in Bresse; before 2020: Sainte-Croix)[2] is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The writer Rose Vincent (1918–2011) was born there.

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ Décret n° 2020-175 26 February 2020 (in French)