Germagny

Germagny
Germagny
Commune
	The Romanesque Church
	Location of Germagny
	Germagny Location within France Germagny Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
	Coordinates: 46°40′15″N 4°36′11″E / 46.6708°N 4.6031°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Givry
Intercommunality	Sud Côte chalonnaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florent Seve
Area 1	3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population (2023)	194
• Density	55.9/km2 (145/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71216 /71460
Elevation	245–358 m (804–1,175 ft) ; (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Germagny (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁmaɲi]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geography

The village is located on the Guye river valley. The main roads connect the village to Savianges and Fley to the north, Bissy-sur-Fley to the east, Genouilly to the south and Le Puley to the west.

The Romanesque church, where a fresco showing a teenage Christ in glory, was discovered in 1983 in the apse.^[3]
The public footpath near the River Guye. It was named "La Pléiade", in memory of Pontus de Tyard and Guillaume des Autels, who used to live in the neighbouring villages.^[4]

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ "Fiche_GERMAGNY" (PDF) (in French). pastourisme71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
↑ (in French) J.-Pierre Valabregue, Guillaume des Autelz, gentilhomme charolais (1529 – 1581). Un cousin poète méconnu., le journal de Saône-et-Loire du 29/01/2011