Sennecey-le-Grand
The church in Sennecey-le-Grand
The church in Sennecey-le-Grand
Coat of arms of Sennecey-le-Grand
Location of Sennecey-le-Grand
Sennecey-le-Grand is located in France
Sennecey-le-Grand
Sennecey-le-Grand
Sennecey-le-Grand is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sennecey-le-Grand
Sennecey-le-Grand
Coordinates: 46°38′36″N 4°52′16″E / 46.6433°N 4.8711°E / 46.6433; 4.8711
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
ArrondissementChalon-sur-Saône
CantonTournus
Area
1
26.76 km2 (10.33 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[1]
2,922
  Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
71512 /71240
Elevation173–375 m (568–1,230 ft)
(avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sennecey-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [sɛnsɛ ɡʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,116    
1975 2,269+1.00%
1982 2,372+0.64%
1990 2,568+1.00%
1999 2,962+1.60%
2007 2,988+0.11%
2012 3,126+0.91%
2017 3,149+0.15%
Source: INSEE[2]

Second World War SAS memorial

On 4 September 1984 a war memorial was unveiled to commemorate the WW2 casualties of the Special Air Service. Listing all of those from British 1SAS and 2SAS, including those who fell at Sennecey-le-Grand on 4 September 1944, French 3SAS and 4SAS and Belgian 5SAS, it is the only memorial to all components of a British regiment to exist outside of the UK.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  3. Macintyre, Ben (2016). SAS Rogue Heroes. Viking Books. p. 257. ISBN 9780241186626.


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