Neruda Archives

Authority record

Chalon-sur-Saône, France

A reviewed place authority connecting Chalon-sur-Saône, France with 4 letters in the Absinthe collection, 1892–1898.

Type
Place
Record status
Reviewed
Archive evidence
4 letters
Local identifier
chalon-sur-saone-france

The place represented by this record

French commune represented as a commercial origin, including the A. Verniaud correspondence.1, 2, 3

Editorial boundary. This authority denotes the historical place used in the linked correspondence; it does not represent every business, address or institution associated with that place.

Names preserved in the evidence

Forms are ordered by their earliest dated appearance in the archive. The preferred name supports navigation; historical spellings and abbreviations remain searchable and are never silently replaced.

Name formUseEvidence
Chalon-sur-Saône, FrancePreferred name; form recorded in the correspondence4 letters, 1892–1898

People, places and correspondence

A. Verniaud, Épicerie Centralecorrespondent using this place as origin

3 letters

Letters connected with this identity

Every link opens the stable public record with manuscript images, transcription, translation and metadata.

  1. NRA-L-000277 · 1897-02-10

    Postcard from A. Verniaud to Pernod ordering a twenty-four-litre case of absinthe, February 10, 1897

    Origin as recorded: Chalon-sur-Saône, France

  2. NRA-L-000268 · 1898-08-16

    Postcard from A. Verniaud to Pernod urgently ordering two cases of absinthe, August 16, 1898

    Origin as recorded: Chalon-sur-Saône, France

  3. NRA-L-000263 · 1898-11-17

    Postcard from A. Verniaud to Pernod ordering two cases of absinthe, November 17, 1898

    Origin as recorded: Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Evidence used for this authority

  1. Wikidata: Chalon-sur-Saône (Q203645)Wikidata · 2026-08-27
  2. Neruda Archives Absinthe place authority registry v1
  3. GeoNames: Chalon-sur-Saône, FranceGeoNames · 2026-08-29
How this identity was established

This local place authority combines reviewed correspondence routes, preserved documentary forms and confirmed geographic identifiers. A municipality, a wider administrative area and a transport facility remain separate entities even when their names overlap.

Future corrections are recorded as new, sourced decisions rather than silently overwriting earlier evidence.