Macon: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: Bourgogne
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 35,484
• Coordinates: 46.3141° N, 4.8282° E
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 338 km (210 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS): 68 km (43 mi), straight line
• Dole Tavaux Airport (DLE): 93 km (58 mi), straight line
• Geneva International Airport (GVA, Switzerland): 99 km (61 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bourg-en-Bresse: 33 km (20 mi)
• Villefranche-sur-Saone: 37 km (23 mi)
• Charolles: 44 km (28 mi)
• Louhans: 46 km (29 mi)
• Chalon-sur-Saone: 52 km (32 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Villeurbanne, 61 km (38 mi)