title: Digoin
text: # Digoin
  
  Digoin (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
  
  The junction of the Canal du Centre and the Canal latéral à la Loire is near Digoin.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The river Bourbince flows into the Arroux in Digoin, while the Arroux flows into the Loire near Digoin.
  
  ## Personalities
  
  * Adolphe Piot (c. 1825 – c. 1910), French painter
  * Alain Robert (born 1962), French rock climber and urban climber
  * Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux (1751–1828), French general and Governor of Saint-Domingue
  