Châlon-sur-Saône

Châlon-sur-Saône (ancient Cabillonum), a town in the French department of Saône-et-Loire, 84½ miles by rail N. of Lyons. Lying on the right bank of the Saône, at the point where that river is joined by the Canal du Centre, uniting it with the Loire, Châlon has an extensive traffic with the central districts of France, as well as with the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Fine quays and houses line the river; and the chief building is the church of St Vincent, 14th to 15th century. The industries are copper and iron founding, machinery and shipbuilding, and the manufacture of glass, paper, and chemicals. Pop. (1872) 20,055; (1886) 22,208; (1891) 24,294.