Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
A sign showing the name of the inventor of photography
Location of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Coordinates: 46°43′43″N 4°51′41″E / 46.7286°N 4.8614°E / 46.7286; 4.8614
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementChalon-sur-Saône
CantonSaint-Rémy
IntercommunalityCA Le Grand Chalon
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Gérard Rigaud
Area
1
8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
1,249
  Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71444 /71240
Elevation171–205 m (561–673 ft)
(avg. 191 m or 627 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lu vaʁɛn], literally Saint-Loup of Varennes) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

The commune is home to the world's oldest surviving image in the world, View from the Window at Le Gras. The image was first taken in 1826.