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Couches, Saône-et-Loire

Coordinates: 46°52′14″N 4°34′23″E / 46.8706°N 4.5731°E / 46.8706; 4.5731
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Couches
Templar manor
Templar manor
Coat of arms of Couches
Location of Couches
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Couches is located in France
Couches
Couches
Couches is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Couches
Couches
Coordinates: 46°52′14″N 4°34′23″E / 46.8706°N 4.5731°E / 46.8706; 4.5731
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementAutun
CantonChagny
Area
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19.52 km2 (7.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
1,248
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71149 /71490
Elevation231–466 m (758–1,529 ft)
(avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Sights

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Chateau

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The chateau complex includes a number of structures from different periods.

The chateau is often called the chateau of Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, wife of Louis X of France, who was confined to the Chateau Gaillard after allegedly committing adultery. She died there after apparent ill treatment in 1315. One version of the story is that she did not die in the Chateau Gaillard, but escaped and was taken in by her cousin, Marie of Couches, and housed in the chateau and died there in 1333.

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References

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  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.