Cluny
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Commune of Cluny |
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| Location | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon |
| Canton | Cluny (chief town) |
| Mayor | Robert Rolland (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 226 m–574 m |
| Land area¹ | 23.71 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,376 |
| - Density (1999) | 184.56/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 71137/ 71250 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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A cluny was a monestary where missionaries would bring their crusades to stay temporarily along while being given food and shelter. This was part of the Catholic reform. Instead of being given indulgences, the church aspired to gain a greater relation with the middle class during the 17th & 18th century and practice true doctrine
The town and commune of Cluny or Clugny lies in the modern-day département of Saône-et-Loire in the région of Bourgogne, in east-central France, near Mâcon. Population (1999): 4,376.
The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of cluny, founded by William I of Aquitaine in A.D. 909. The monastery became the grandest, most prestigious and best endowed monastic institution in Europe. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th.
There was a library which was one of the most important in France and Europe during the middle ages. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562 and many of the valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed.
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