Chalon sur Saone

Chalon sur Saone is a commune in the Saone-et-Loire branch inside the vicinity of Bourgogne Franche Comte in eastern France. It is a sub prefecture of the department. It is the most important metropolis in the department; however, the branch capital is the smaller metropolis of Macon. Though the site become a capital of the Aedui and objects of La Tene subculture were retrieved from the bed of the river right here, the first point out of Cavillonum is located in Commentaries de Bello Glico the Roman town already served as a river port and hub of avenue communications, of the Via Agrippa and facet routes.

In 354 AD the Roman Emperor, Constantia’s II stationed the Roman 7th Army in Chelan for an invasion towards the brother kings, Gundomadus and Vadomarius of the Alumni. However, not having received materials, the Roman troops revolted, and have been pacified with the aid of the grand chamberlain Eusebius with cash. In Late Antiquity the metropolis had diminished a lot that a wall spherical it encircled 15 hectares. The Gare de Chalon sur Saone railway station gives connections with Paris, Dijon, Lyon and several nearby destinations. The station is located alongside the PLM mainline from Paris Gare de Lyon to Marseille-Saint-Charles, at kilometre put up 382.A hundred and fifty from Paris.