Fleurie
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 A general view of Fleurie | |
 Location of Fleurie | |
  Fleurie Location within France  Fleurie Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 46°11′35″N 4°41′53″E / 46.193°N 4.698°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
| Canton | Belleville-en-Beaujolais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Miguet[1] |
Area 1 | 13.94 km2 (5.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,382 |
| • Density | 99.14/km2 (256.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 69084 /69820 |
| Elevation | 210–524 m (689–1,719 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fleurie (French pronunciation: [fløʁi]) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
Medieval charters record Fleurie as Floriacum.[3]
Fleurie AOC is a division of the Beaujolais wine region.
Notable residents
[edit]In the 1970s the British Conservative politician and tax fugitive Ernest Marples (1907–78) owned a Fleurie château and vineyard, to which he retired after fleeing from an Inland Revenue investigation in 1975.[4]
- Désiré Charnay (1828–1915), an archaeologist specializing in Mayan and Aztec studies
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Faure-Brac, Odile. Carte archéologique de la Gaule - Le Rhône. Vol. 69/1. Paris: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. p. 230. ISBN 978-2-87754-096-4.
- ↑ Stott, Richard (2002). Dogs and Lamposts. Toronto: Hushion House Publishing. pp. 166–171. ISBN 978-1-84358-040-9.
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