Deux-Grosnes
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Canton | Thizy-les-Bourgs | |
| Community association | Communauté de communes Saône Beaujolais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 13 ' N , 4 ° 31' E | |
| height | 330-1,008 m | |
| surface | 83.6 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,905 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69860 | |
| INSEE code | 69135 | |
 Avenas Church |
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Deux-Grosnes is a little after two streams (Grosne Orientale and Grosne Occidentale) named French community in Beaujolais with 1,905 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 Thizy-les-Bourgs .
Deux-Grosnes was created as a new large commune ( Commune nouvelle ) with effect from January 1, 2019 by merging the previous communes of Monsols , Avenas , Ouroux , Saint-Christophe , Saint-Jacques-des-Arrêts , Saint-Mamert and Trades , respectively have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Monsols.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population as of January 1, 2017 |
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| Monsols (administrative headquarters) | 69135 | 19.82 | 912 |
| Avenas | 69015 | 9.49 | 116 |
| Ouroux | 69150 | 21.06 | 342 |
| Saint-Christophe | 69185 | 14.62 | 241 |
| Saint-Jacques-des-Arrêts | 69210 | 7.47 | 109 |
| Saint-Mamert | 69224 | 3.21 | 67 |
| Trades | 69251 | 7.93 | 118 |
location
The places in the municipality of Deux-Grosnes are on average about 35 km (driving distance) southwest of Mâcon in the north of the Beaujolais Villages wine-growing region at heights of 400 to 600 m . The highest mountain in the region is the approximately 1010 m high Mont Saint-Rigaud . Are neighboring communities
- Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères in the north-west,
- Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux , Saint-Léger-sous-la-Bussière , Tramayes and Germolles-sur-Grosne in the north,
- Cenves and Jullié in the northeast,
- Vauxrenard in the east,
- Chiroubles , Villié-Morgon , Régnié-Durette and Lantignié in the southeast,
- Les Ardillats and Beaujeu in the south,
- Propières in the southwest,
- Saint-Igny-de-Vers to the west.
Attractions
In addition to the charming hilly landscape, the town of Avenas offers the impressively simple church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption with an extraordinary Romanesque altar . The churches in most of the other places also have medieval origins.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 69-2018-10-29-006 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Deux-Grosnes of October 29, 2018.
- ↑ current population according to INSEE