Bragny-sur-Saône (, literally ''Bragny on

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'') is a commune 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 B ...

department in the

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in eastern

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History

BC

From 530 to 450 or 440 BC there was considerable trade conducted in this area between the Hallstatt people and the Greeks. Mediterranean pottery, including

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e from

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, as well as artefacts from

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, and

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glass have all been found in large numbers here. Trade eased up for a while in the early 5th century BC but soon sprung back into life. Artefacts from northern

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, as well as Golaseccan pottery were found from this time onwards, along with more Massiliot amphorae.

17th Century

In August 1636, the soldiers of

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burned the village center, church, and part of the

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. Rebuilding was needed, and it was the Count of Thiard who had most of it done since the population were too poor. By 1690, most residents lived in small brick and mud houses, roofed with tiles or straw. They also usually slept in straw on the ground.

Barre Mill

A mill has existed here since before 1243. Peasants of Bragny and surrounding villages would come to the mill and pay the owner to have their grains ground.

Pontus de Tyard Pontus de Tyard (also Thyard, Thiard) (c. 1521 – 23 September 1605) was a French poet and priest, a member of " La Pléiade". Life He was born at Bissy-sur-Fley in Burgundy, of which he was ''seigneur'', but the exact year of his birth is ...

, a famous owner of the mill, wrote letters detailing how the millers would cheat him by paying late, and also cheat the peasants by withholding flour. In 1740, Jacques de Thiard began reconstruction of the mill.

Municipal Council

The mayor of Bragny is Estelle Invernizzi. The other councilors are as follows: * Chantale Hélène Aublanc * Chloé Authevelle * Marie-Thérèse Authevelle * Laurent Bernard * Yohann Calbris * Patrick Janin * Chantal Lacour * Pierre Large * Cédric Lory * Vincent Tartarin They were all elected in 2020.

Population

References

Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{ChalonSaône-geo-stub