Chasselay (Rhône)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Canton | Anse | |
| Community association | Beaujolais Pierres Dorées | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 4 ° 46' E | |
| height | 189-524 m | |
| surface | 12.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,784 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 218 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69380 | |
| INSEE code | 69049 | |
| Website | www.chasselay.fr | |
 Chasselay Town Hall |
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Chasselay is a commune with 2,784 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône and is part of the canton of Anse . The inhabitants are called Chasselois (es) .
geography
Chasselay is located on the Mont d'Or range of hills , in the Coteaux du Lyonnais wine-growing region , about 13 kilometers north-northwest of Lyon . Chasselay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Chères in the north and north-west, Quincieux in the north, Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or in the east, Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or in the south and south-east, Limonest in the south and Lissieu in the West.
history
On June 19 and 20, 1940, Senegalese troops ( Tirailleurs sénégalais ) managed to resist the advancing German troops and to hold Chasselay in the battle for the Rhone Valley longer. The units of the Greater Germany Division and the SS Totenkopf Division then committed a massacre of the troops and their officers.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1125 | 1169 | 1438 | 1708 | 2002 | 2590 | 2678 | 2784 |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin Church, built in 1850
- Senegalese Tata near Chasselay , cemetery laid out in 1942 for soldiers and officers killed in June 1940 (196 graves in total), Necropole nationale
- Gate of the old fortification (so-called Porte du Plantin )
- Machy Castle from the 17th century
- Montluzin Castle
- Bellescize Castle
- Half-timbered houses
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Personalities
- Pierre Macon (1769–1806), Brigadier General
- Pierre Octave Ferroud (1900–1936), composer
- Ludovic Giuly (* 1976), football player
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the Italian municipality of Rive d'Arcano in the province of Udine (Friuli-Venezia Giulia).
