Count of Autun
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
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| Coordinates: 46°57′06″N 4°17′58″E / 46.9517°N 4.2994°ECoordinates: 46°57′06″N 4°17′58″E / 46.9517°N 4.2994°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Autun | |
| Canton | Autun | |
| Intercommunality | Autunois | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Rémi Rebeyrotte (Independent Socialist) | |
| Area1 | 61.52 km2 (23.75 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 14,124 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 710014 /71400 | |
| Elevation | 280–642 m (919–2,106 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Autun (French pronunciation: [otœ̃]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Roman capital to the Gallic people Aedui, who had Bibracte as their political centre. In Roman times the city may have been home to 30,000 to 100,000 people, according to different estimates.
Augustodunum was founded during the reign of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, after whom it was named. It was the civitas "tribal capital" of the Aedui, Continental Celts who had been allies and "brothers" (fratres) of Rome since before Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. Augustodunum was a planned foundation replacing the original oppidum Bibracte, located some 25 km (16 mi) away. Several elements of Roman architecture such as walls, gates, and a Roman theater are still visible in the town.
In AD 356, a force of Alemanni brought the siege of Autun. The disrepair of the walls left the city in danger of falling. Autun was saved by the arrival of the Emperor Julian in one of his early military successes.
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