Cailloux-sur-Fontaines
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Métropole de Lyon | |
| Arrondissement | Lyon | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 51 ' N , 4 ° 53' E | |
| height | 218-313 m | |
| surface | 8.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,722 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 313 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69270 | |
| INSEE code | 69033 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-caillouxsurfontaines.fr/ | |
 Town hall of Cailloux-sur-Fontaines |
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Cailloux-sur-Fontaines is a commune with 2,722 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Métropole de Lyon in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lyon and the canton of Neuville-sur-Saône . The inhabitants are called cailloutains .
geography
Cailloux-sur-Fontaines is about eleven kilometers north-northeast of the city center of Lyon . Cailloux-sur-Fontaines is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fleurieu-sur-Saône in the north and north-west, Montanay in the north, Mionnay in the north-east, Miribel in the east, Rillieux-la-Pape in the south-east, Sathonay-Village in the south and Fontaines-Saint- Martin in the west and southwest.
The A432 autoroute runs along the eastern edge of the municipality .
history
Until the French Revolution , the place was called Notre-Dame-de-Fontaines . In the meantime he was given the name Cailloux-la-Montagne . Since 1795 the place has been led by its current name.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |
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| 764 | 751 | 863 | 1,015 | 1,750 | 2.172 | 2,288 | 2,509 | |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
- Noailleux Castle, built in the 16th century, alterations until the 19th century
