Its raining today so reading about France and Macon.
France has 13 regions. Next, there are 96 departments in the regions. Those 96 departments are divided into 320 arrondissements. The arrondissements are divided into 1995 cantons. The cantons are divided into 34,826 communes. This for a country smaller than Texas. They all serve different functions and control certain things. The communes have councils and mayors and are equivalent to municipalities or townships.
Macon, where we are is part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region. It in the department of Saone-et-Louire. The arrondissement is Macon. There is a Macon 1 and 2 canton. Finally it's a commune with its own mayor and council.
That's a lot of organization. When it is so divided this much a lot of people have a say in what goes on and politicians have to at least listen.
Why did I look into this? Because when I looked up Macon it said it was a commune and I wondered what that was.
The Maconnais wine region in the south of Burgandy is centered around - and named after- the town of Macon. They specialize in white wine made from Chardonnay(grape) and red wine from Pinot Noir(grape). There are many churches, chapels and castles in the middle of vineyards.
There is a place near here called the Aze cave which has been occupied by humans and animals going back 300,000 years.
Even small towns have interesting histories!
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September 28, 2022 at 06:36PM
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