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La Clayette () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the east-central French
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...
.


Geography

La Clayette is situated in the southernmost part of
Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...
, north of the historical province of
Beaujolais Beaujolais ( , ) is a French ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which mak ...
. It belongs to an area designated since 2004 as the Pays Charollais-Brionnais. As the cradle of the renowned
Charolais cattle The Charolais () or Charolaise () is a French breed of taurine beef cattle. It originates in, and is named for, the Charolais area surrounding Charolles, in the Saône-et-Loire department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern Fran ...
, the region is an applicant for the
UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
's label as World Heritage Site to preserve, consolidate and transmit this resource.


Access

*By road: the town is situated at the crossroads of the routes D985 and D987, 40 km (25 miles) from
Roanne Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France. It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fren ...
, 60 km (37 miles) from
Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as Mà ...
, 90 km (56 miles) from
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
and 100 km (62 miles) from Moulins. *By rail: La Clayette-Baudemont station is situated on the line from Lyon to
Paray-le-Monial Paray-le-Monial is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Since 2004 is Paray-le-Monial part of the Charolais-Brionnais Country. It is nicknamed the "city of the Sacred Heart" an ...
. Travel time to Lyon is about 80 minutes. *By plane: Saint-Yan Airport, also known as Charolais Bourgogne Sud Airport, is located about 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of La Clayette. The nearest international airport is Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport.


History

* 1435: Creation of the borough of La Clayette by the Chantemerle family. * 1437: Creation of the fairs. * 1450: Creation of the markets. * 1632: Alice de Chantemerle founded by will the convent of the Minimes, the building which is now the town hall. * Until the
French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
in 1789, La Clayette was governed from Varennes-sous-Dun.


Demography

La Clayette is the centre of a small
urban unit In France, an urban unit (''fr: "unité urbaine"'') is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. According to the INSEE definition , an "unité urbaine" is a ...
(population about 2,800) which includes the communes
Baudemont Baudemont () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The communes lies in the south of the department near Charolles Charolles (; Burgundian: ''Tsarolles'') is a c ...
and Varennes-sous-Dun.


Places and monuments


Château de La Clayette

Dating back to the 14th century, the
Château de La Clayette The Château de La Clayette is a 14th- and 19th-century castle in the French town of La Clayette, situated in south-western Burgundy, in the north of the historical province of Beaujolais. It is a listed historical monument. Description Originall ...
is partly surrounded by a small lake of 30 hectares (74 acres) and a water-filled
moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ...
. It was expanded to its current size in the 19th century and is now a listed
historical monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, his ...
.


Chapelle Sainte-Avoye

The construction of the Sainte-Avoye's chapel, in the flamboyant gothic style, was due to Louis de Chantemerle in the 15th century.


Église de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame

The Église de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame (English: The Assumption of Our Lady's Church) is a
Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
designed by the French architect Pinchard. Construction began in 1889 and was completed in 1894. Some of the
stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
es were painted by
Lucien Bégule Lucien Bégule (10 May 1848, Saint-Genis-Laval - 1 February 1935, Lyon) was a French stained-glass painter, archaeologist, and amateur photographer. Biography He was born to Georges Bégule (1805-1882), an auctioneer, and his wife, Stéphanie nà ...
.


Gallery

File:Château de La Clayette (2022).jpg, Château de La Clayette File:Le château de La Clayette.jpg, Château and moat File:Étang de La Clayette et Parc du Château.jpg, Lake and adjacent château park File:Chapelle St Avoye Clayette 20.jpg, Sainte-Avoye's chapel File:La Clayette, façade de l'église et fontaines.JPG, Assumption of Our Lady's Church File:La Clayette, Rue Centrale.jpg, Main street running through the city centre


Twin towns and sister cities

*
Göllheim Göllheim () is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated north of the Palatinate forest, approx. 25 km west of Worms. It was the site of the 1298 Battle of Göllheim. Göllheim is the seat of ...
, Germany *
Marano Equo Marano Equo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about east of Rome. It stands on a steep slope descending to the Aniene valley with the Monti Simbruini The Monti Simbruini are ...
, Italy


Notable people

*
Jean-Claude Delam̩therie Jean-Claude Delam̩therie (also ''de La M̩therie'', ''de Lam̩therie'', 4 September 1743 Р1 July 1817) was a French mineralogist, geologist and paleontologist. Career Delam̩therie was born in La Clayette. He edited ''Journal de physiq ...
(1743–1817), mineralogist, geologist, paleontologist, first mayor of La Clayette in 1790 *
Joseph Jolinon Joseph Jolinon (1885-1971) was a French writer. He was born in La Clayette and studied law in Lille. He was mobilized in 1914, and served as a soldier throughout the First World War. Afterwards, he took up the law profession and settled in Lyon. He ...
(1885–1971), writer, recipient of the Grand Prix du Roman in 1950 *
Andr̩ N̩ron Andr̩ N̩ron (November 30, 1922, La Clayette, France РApril 6, 1985, Paris, France) was a French mathematician at the Universit̩ de Poitiers who worked on elliptic curves and abelian varieties. He discovered the N̩ron minimal model of a ...
(1922–1985), mathematician, recipient of the
Émile Picard Medal The Émile Picard Medal (or Médaille Émile Picard) is a medal named for Émile Picard awarded every 6 years to an outstanding mathematician by the Institut de France, Académie des sciences. This rewards a mathematician designated by the Academy ...
in 1983


See also

*
Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 565 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Saône-et-Loire