Saint-Loup-de-Varennes (, literally Saint-Loup of Varennes) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography It is south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône. Historical significance Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography, lived in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where he died in 1833. Most or all of his photographs, including one taken in 1827 and now the oldest known surviving camera photograph, were made at Le Gras, his ancestral family estate in this village. See also Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department References Niépce website External links Communes of Saône-et-Loire