Charolais
Charolais is a historic region of France, named after the central town of Charolles, and located in today's Saône-et-Loire département, in Burgundy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region
- Description: natural region and former province of France
- Also known as: “Charolais, France” and “Le Charolais”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Faïencerie de Charolles and Église du Sacré-Cœur de Charolles.
Faïencerie de Charolles
Industrial building
Photo: Jackydarne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Faïencerie de Charolles is an industrial building.
Église du Sacré-Cœur de Charolles
Church
Photo: Charolles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église du Sacré-Cœur de Charolles is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charolles and Changy.
Charolles
Village
Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Charolles is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Since 2004 is Charolles part of the Charolais-Brionnais Country.
Changy
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Changy is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Changy is situated 3½ km south of Charolais.
Champlecy
Village
Photo: Sebleouf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Champlecy is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Champlecy is situated 4½ km northwest of Charolais.
Charolais
- Categories: historical province of France and natural region of France
- Location: Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Vlaams—“Charolais” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Charolés”
- Arpitan: “Charolês”
- Basque: “Charolais”
- Bulgarian: “Графство Шароле”
- Catalan: “Charolais”
- Chinese: “夏洛莱”
- Chinese: “夏洛萊”
- Chinese: “沙罗勒”
- Chinese: “沙羅勒伯爵”
- Dutch: “Charolais”
- Dutch: “Charolois”
- Dutch: “Graafschap Charolais”
- French: “Charolais”
- French: “Comté de Charolais”
- German: “Graf von Charolais”
- German: “Grafschaft Charolais”
- Irish: “Charolais”
- Italian: “Charolais”
- Italian: “Charollais”
- Japanese: “シャロレー”
- Korean: “샤롤레”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Charolais”
- Polish: “Charolais”
- Slovenian: “Charolais”
- Spanish: “Charolais”
- Vlaams: “Charolais”
- Vlaams: “Groafschap Charolais”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forêt de Charolles and Bois de Lugny.
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