Chaponost
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Lyon | |
| Canton | Brignais | |
| Community association | Vallée du Garon | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 43 ′ N , 4 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 180–336 m | |
| surface | 16.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,717 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 534 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69630 | |
| INSEE code | 69043 | |
| Website | www.mairie-chaponost.fr | |
 Chaponost Church |
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Chaponost a French municipality with 8717 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 Brignais . The inhabitants are called Chaponois (es) .
geography
Chaponost is a banlieue in the southwest of Lyon . Chaponost is surrounded by the neighboring communities Francheville in the north, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon and Oullins in the north-east, Saint-Genis-Laval in the east, Brignais in the south, Soucieu-en-Jarrest in the south-west and Brindas in the west and north-west.
The Garon River limits the municipality to the southwest. Chaponost is located in the Coteaux du Lyonnais wine region .
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 3143 |
| 1968 | 3638 |
| 1975 | 4632 |
| 1982 | 5278 |
| 1990 | 6911 |
| 1999 | 7832 |
| 2006 | 7967 |
| 2017 | 8717 |
Attractions
- Roman aqueduct, built in the 2nd century under Hadrian. The aqueduct tapped the spring water of the Gier and transported it 86 kilometers. The remains in Chaponost have been designated as Monument historique since 2012 .
- Château des Cartières
- Château de Montalant (also called the Italian Château )
- Étang du Boulard
Parish partnership
- Lesignano de 'Bagni , Province of Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy, since 2008
Web links
Commons : Chaponost - collection of images, videos and audio files
