Damerey

Damerey
Damerey
Commune
	The church in Damerey
	Location of Damerey
	Damerey Location within France Damerey Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
	Coordinates: 46°50′07″N 4°59′30″E / 46.8353°N 4.9917°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Gergy
Intercommunality	Saône Doubs Bresse
Area 1	11.62 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Elevation	180 m (590 ft)
Highest elevation	196 m (643 ft)
Lowest elevation	174 m (571 ft)
Population (2023)	545
• Density	46.9/km2 (121/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71167 /71620
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Damerey (French pronunciation: [damʁɛ]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geography

Damerey is part of the Bresse Chalonnaise. The Saône defines the northwest boundary of the commune.

Marie Guillot (9 September 1880 – 5 March 1934) was born in Damerey. She was a teacher in Saône-et-Loire and a pioneer of trade unionism in primary education.
Roger Mercier: The commune holds the original work of this man, a roadside artist who since 1984 has built a remarkable city of Hispanic inspiration with buildings and sculptures in painted concrete. At the age of 80 he continued maintenance and development of his work.