Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse

Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Commune
The church in Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Coat of arms of Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Louhans
Canton	Cuiseaux
Area1	20.87 km2 (8.06 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	71401 / 71470
Elevation	177–210 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃t kʁwa ɑ̃ bʁɛs], literally Sainte-Croix in Bresse; before 2020: Sainte-Croix) 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.

Geography

The Solnan forms most of the commune's eastern border. The Sâne Morte 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 (1905-1983) - Secretary General of the Communist Party of France (1964-1972)
• Rose Vincent (1918-2011) - Journalist and writer

See also

• Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department