Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ko Mâcon te taone nui rawa atu ki te raki o te "wāhanga koreutu" i waenga o Paris me Lyon. I whakaorangia te taone i te 4 o Mahuru 1944 hei waahanga o
Operation Dragoon nā ngā hōia i eke ki Provence.