Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (, literally ''Sainte-Croix in
Bresse
Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), whic ...
''; before 2020: ''Sainte-Croix'')Décret n° 2020-175 26 February 2020 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
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 ...
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, ...
in the
region
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of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
in eastern France. The writer Rose Vincent (1918–2011) was born there.
Geography
The
Solnan
The Solnan () is a long river in the Ain and Saône-et-Loire departments in eastern France. Its source is at Verjon, in the Jura Mountains. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Seille into which it flows at Louhans ...
forms most of the commune's eastern border. The
Sâne Morte
The Sâne Morte (french: la Sâne Morte, the dead Sâne) is a long river in the Ain and Saône-et-Loire ''départements'', eastern France. Its source is at Foissiat. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a right tributary of the Sâne Vive ...
forms part of the commune's southern border, flows northwestward through the commune, then forms most of its north-western border.
Notable residents
*
Waldeck Rochet
Waldeck Rochet (5 April 1905 in Sainte-Croix – 17 February 1983 in Nanterre) was a French communist politician. He was General Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1964 to 1972.
Early life and career
The son of a cobbler, Roch ...
(1905-1983) - Secretary General of the
Communist Party of France
The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Unit ...
(1964-1972)
* Rose Vincent (1918-2011) - Journalist and writer