Le Creusot

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Administration
Commune of Le Creusot Image:Usines du creusot.jpg Factory in Le Creusot
Location
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Country	France
Region	Bourgogne (capital)
Department	Saône-et-Loire (préfecture)
Arrondissement	Autun
Canton	Chief town of 2 cantons
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine Creusot-Montceau
Mayor	André Billardon (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	316 m–516 m (avg. 347 m)
Land area^¹	18.11 km²
Population^² (2003)	26,283
- Density	1,451/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	71153/ 71200
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Le Creusot is a French commune in the Saône-et-Loire département and the Bourgogne région.

Description

Le Creusot is a town in the Bourgogne region with a population of 26,283 people known as Creusotins. Its economy is dominated by metallurgical companies such as Industeel and Alstom.

Since the 1990s, the town has been developing its touristic credentials. Its main attraction is the Parc des Combes.

Le Creusot is also the second educational centre of the Bourgogne (after Dijon), with its IUT and the Condorcet university centre.

Famous Creusotins

Christian Bobin (1951), writer
Claudie André, astronaut
Mathilde Carré, French Resistance agent during World War II, who turned a double agent.
Painter Raymond Rochette paid homage to the workers of Creusot throughout his work.
Sébastien Grax, football player
Anthony "Tony" da Silva, football player