Chambost-Longessaigne
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Lyon | |
| Canton | L'Arbresle | |
| Community association | Monts du Lyonnais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 4 ° 22 ′ E | |
| height | 477-681 m | |
| surface | 15.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 938 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69770 | |
| INSEE code | 69038 | |
| Website | http://www.chambost-longessaigne.com/ | |
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Chambost-Longessaigne is a French municipality with 938 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lyon and the canton of L'Arbresle (until 2015: canton of Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset ). The inhabitants are called Chambostiens .
geography
Chambost-Longessaigne is located about 35 kilometers west of Lyon in the Monts du Lyonnais . The Loise flows through the community . Chambost-Longessaigne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Panissières in the north and north-west, Villechenève in the north-east, Longessaigne in the east, Saint-Clément-les-Places in the south-east, Saint-Martin-Lestra in the south and Essertines-en-Donzy in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 910 | 817 | 710 | 675 | 632 | 714 | 803 | 886 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Maurice church, built in the 19th century in neo-Gothic style
- Le Mortier chapel built in the 17th century
- 18th century castle
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