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Anost
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Anost |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Anost (Saône-et-Loire, Fr), church.JPG |
| caption | Église Saint-Germain |
| INSEE | 71009 |
| postal code | 71550 |
| arrondissement | Autun |
| canton | Autun-1 |
| mayor | Louis Basdevant |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | CC du Grand Autunois Morvan |
| demonym | Anostiens |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 410 |
| elevation min m | 357 |
| elevation max m | 785 |
| area km2 | 51.91 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| website |
Anost () is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. It is located on the departmental border with Nièvre, northeast of the Haut-Folin summit and southwest of Ménessaire, a Côte-d'Or exclave.
Geography
The commune lies in the northwestern part of Saône-et-Loire, northwest of the subprefecture Autun. It is part of the Morvan natural area, as well as Morvan Regional Natural Park.
History
167 inhabitants of Anost were killed fighting in World War I.
Amid the Liberation of France in World War II in 1944, Anost was repeatedly attacked by the German occupying forces in retaliation for being a French Resistance Maquis hideout; several inhabitants were killed.
Demographics
|1968 |1058 |1975 |867 |1982 |847 |1990 |746 |1999 |679 |2009 |691 |2014 |725 |2020 |714
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/71009-anost INSEE commune file]
- Bertrand Lachambre. "Morvan, « terre de résistance » : le maquis Socrate en 1944".
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-71009#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE.
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