Rigny-sur-Arroux

Rigny-sur-Arroux

Rigny-sur-Arroux

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Rigny-sur-Arroux (French pronunciation: [ʁiɲi syʁ aʁu], literally Rigny on Arroux) is a commune in the east-central French department of Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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The discovery in 1874 of a cache of Solutrean laurel-leaf flint points in the hamlet of Volgu, just south of the village proper, indicates that the environs of the present-day Rigny were inhabited or frequented by Paleolithic peoples around 20,000 years ago.[3]

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    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
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    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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    Schmidt P; Bellot-Gurlet L; Floss H (27 July 2018). "The unique Solutrean laurel-leaf points of Volgu:heat-treated or not?". Antiquity. 92 (363). Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press: 587–602. doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.87. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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