Chevinay
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Rhône | |
Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
Canton | L'Arbresle | |
Community association | Pays de L'Arbresle | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 4 ° 36 ′ E | |
height | 245-760 m | |
surface | 8.82 km 2 | |
Residents | 557 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 63 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 69210 | |
INSEE code | 69057 | |
Website | www.mairie-chevinay.fr |
Chevinay is a French municipality with 557 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône and the canton of L'Arbresle .
geography
Chevinay is located about 16 kilometers west-northwest of Lyon in the Monts du Lyonnais and belongs to the wine-growing region Coteaux du Lyonnais . The Brévenne river limits the municipality to the north-west. Chevinay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sain-Bel in the north, Saint-Pierre-la-Palud in the east and northeast, Pollionnay in the east and southeast, Vaugneray in the southeast, Courzieu in the south, Bessenay in the west and Savigny in the northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 283 | 294 | 276 | 305 | 342 | 471 | 530 | 535 |
religion
The 19th century St. George's Church (Église Saint Georges) is a branch church of the parish Notre Dame de la Brévenne with its seat in Bessenay , Archdiocese of Lyon .
Personalities
- Vitaa (* 1983), R&B singer, grew up here