La Motte-Saint-Jean

La Motte-Saint-Jean is a locality in , , and has about 1,200 residents. La Motte-Saint-Jean is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .
  • Type: Locality with 1,200 residents
  • Also known as: “La Motte”
  • Postal code: 71160

Places of Interest

Highlights include Digoin canal bridge and Église Notre-Dame de la Providence de Digoin.

Photo: Reinhard Kraasch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
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is a church.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Digoin and Molinet.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region of in eastern . The junction of the and the Canal latéral à la Loire is near .

Village
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is a commune in the department in central . is situated 4 km southwest of La Motte-Saint-Jean.

Village
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is a commune in the east-central French department of , . The discovery in 1874 of a cache of Solutrean laurel-leaf flint points in the hamlet of Volgu, just south of the village proper, indicates that the environs of the present-day Rigny were inhabited or frequented by Paleolithic peoples around 20,000 years ago. is situated 6 km northeast of La Motte-Saint-Jean.

La Motte-Saint-Jean

Latitude
46.49594° or 46° 29′ 45″ north
Longitude
3.96396° or 3° 57′ 50″ east
Population
1,200
Elevation
299 metres (981 feet)
Name during the French Revolution
“Montfleury”
Open location code
8FR5FXW7+9H
Geo­Names ID
3008000
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