Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or

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Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (France)
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Métropole de Lyon
Arrondissement Lyon
Coordinates 45 ° 49 ′  N , 4 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′  N , 4 ° 50 ′  E
height 165-360 m
surface 3.78 km 2
Residents 4,052 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,072 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 69660
INSEE code 69063
Website www.collongesaumontdor.fr

Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or is a commune with 4052 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 was part of the canton of Limonest until 2015 . The inhabitants are called Collongeards .

geography

The municipality is located north of Lyon on the Saône at the southern foot of the Mont d'Or .

It is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or and Rochetaillée-sur-Saône in the north, Fontaines-sur-Saône in the east, Caluire-et-Cuire in the southeast, the ninth arrondissement of Lyon in the south as well Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or to the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 2,542 2,662 2,786 2,824 3.165 3,420 3,775 3,802

Attractions

Saint-Nizier church
Perret Castle
Tourvéon Castle

  • Paul Bocuse's star restaurant

  • Saint-Nizier church
  • New church from 1842
  • Remains of the Chavannes fortification from the 16th century
  • Perret Castle ( Château-Perret or Château de la Chaux ) from the 19th century
  • Tourvéon castle from the 18th century
  • Wash houses

Personalities

  • Paul Bocuse (1926-2018), Koch; In Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or he opened his first restaurant, L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges
  • Aimé Lepercq (1889–1944), Minister of Finance (1944)

Community partnerships

  • A partnership has existed with the French municipality of Illhaeusern in the Haut-Rhin (Alsace) department since 1967 . It exists not least because of the friendship with the two *** star chefs Paul Haeberlin (1923–2008) and Marc Haeberlin (* 1954).

Web links

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