Founded in 1970 after the unification of "Club Sportif Louhannais" (founded in 1916) and "Club de Cuiseaux" (founded in 1930), based in the villages of Louhans and Cuiseaux.
Emiland Gauthey also built several bridges in Burgundy: (Gueugnon (1787), Navilly (1782–1790) and Chalon-sur-Saône (1790–1791), and, as architect, the Hôtel de ville of Tournus (1771), the Theater at Chalon-sur-Saône (1778) and churches at Givry (1772–1791) and Louhans.