Английская Википедия:Charolais-Brionnais region
The Charolais-Brionnais region (Шаблон:Lang-fr) is located in the southwest of the French department of the Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy. Created in 2004, the region comprises a population of 90,000 inhabitants across 129 municipalities.[1]
Geography
The Charolais-Brionnais region is home to the renowned Charolais cattle[2] and is an applicant for UNESCO status as a World Heritage Site to preserve, consolidate and transmit this resource.[3]
The Loire River, flanked by its adjoining canals, flows on the western edge of Charolais-Brionnais.[4] The EuroVelo long-distance cycling route EV6, also named the Rivers Route, leaves the Loire at Digoin for the Canal du Centre, where it starts its way through the Charolais.[5]
The Charolais-Brionnais was awarded with two food certifications of the European Union (protected designation of origin; Шаблон:Lang-fr) for AOP Charolles Beef and AOP Charolais Goat Cheese.[6]
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Charolais goat cheese
Noteworthy landmarks and towns
- Paray-le-Monial, nicknamed the city of the Sacred Heart[7]
- Charolles, nicknamed the Venice of the Charolais[8]
- Bourbon-Lancy, a spa town with a 2,000-year history[9]
- La Clayette and its 14th- and 19th-century castle[10]
- Semur-en-Brionnais and its 9th-century castle, one of the oldest in Burgundy[11]
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Château de La Clayette in the Brionnais
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Medieval center of Bourbon-Lancy
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