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{{short description|Subprefecture and commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France}} {{For|the house in the United States|Autun (West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania)}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Autun |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = {{Photomontage|position=center | photo2a = Ecole militaire d'Autun et cimetière.jpg | photo2b = 112 Autun L'hôtel de ville et le théâtre.jpg | photo1b = Cathédrale St Lazare Autun 29.jpg | photo3a = Temple de Janus, Autun - 04.jpg | photo2c = Bourgogne Autun Theatre Romain 17072009 - panoramio.jpg | photo1c = Passage Balthus Autun 5.jpg | size = 270 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 | foot_montage = From top down, left to right: [[Autun Cathedral]], Passage de la Terrasse, Lycée militaire, Autun Theatre and City Hall, Roman-era theatre, [[Temple of Janus (Autun)|Temple of Janus]]}} |caption = |arrondissement = Autun |canton = [[Canton of Autun-1|Autun-1]], [[Canton of Autun-2|Autun-2]] |image coat of arms = Blason autun.svg |INSEE = 71014 |postal code = 71400 |mayor = [[Vincent Chauvet]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |party = [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]] |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = CC du Grand Autunois Morvan |coordinates = {{coord|46.9517|4.2994|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = |elevation min m = 280 |elevation max m = 642 |area km2 = 61.52 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Autun''' ({{IPA|fr|otœ̃|lang|Fr-Autun.ogg}}) is a [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the [[Saône-et-Loire]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] [[Regions of France|region]] of central-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 [[Gauls|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.<ref name="PlanholClaval1994">{{cite book|author1=Xavier de Planhol|author2=Paul Claval|title=An Historical Geography of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C19glZh7zfoC&pg=PA47|date=17 March 1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-32208-9|page=47}}</ref> Nowadays, the [[Communes of France|commune]] has a population of about 15,000.<ref>[http://www.grandautunoismorvan.fr/la-communaute-de-communes/le-territoire-149.html].</ref> Pioneer of the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth Century with the early exploitation of oil shale and fluorine, since the twentieth century, Autun has experienced a renewed dynamism that has made it the headquarters of several international companies (Dim, Nexans). It contains one of the six French military high schools (Lycée militaire d'Autun). The city, due to its ancient and medieval past, possesses a rich heritage that makes it one of the most important tourist sites in the heart of Burgundy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Présentation du territoire |url=https://www.grandautunoismorvan.fr/la-communaute-de-communes/le-territoire |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=www.grandautunoismorvan.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
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