Irigny

Irigny
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Métropole de Lyon
Arrondissement	Lyon
Coordinates	45 ° 40 ′  N , 4 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′  N , 4 ° 49 ′  E
height	155-271 m
surface	8.84 km 2
Residents	8,641 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	977 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	69540
INSEE code	69100
Website	http://www.irigny.fr/
Irigny town hall

Irigny is a French municipality with 8641 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Métropole de Lyon in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the Arrondissement of Lyon and was the chief town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Irigny until 2015 . Its inhabitants are called the Irignois .

geography

Irigny is a banlieue in the south of Lyon . Neighboring communities are:

• Pierre-Bénite in the north,
• Saint-Fons in the northeast,
• Feyzin in the east,
• Solaize in the southeast,
• Vernaison in the south,
• Charly in the southwest as well
• Saint-Genis-Laval to the west and north-west.

The Rhône River runs along the eastern municipal boundary .

Irigny had a station on the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway . In 2019, the new Irigny-Yvours stop was put into operation. This is served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains on the Givors-Ville - Lyon-Perrache connection .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	3337	3679	5226	6828	7955	8330	8258	8641

Attractions

Château d'Irigny

• Château d'Irigny, 13th century castle, built between 1196 and 1226 by Archbishop Lyons Renaud de Forez, today's library
• Château de la Combe with wash house, built in the 18th century

Château de la Combe

• Château de la Damette
• Villa Bagatelle
• church
• Fort de Champvillard, fortification built to protect Lyons between 1879 and 1881
• Fort de Montcorin, built between 1877 and 1879

Partner municipality

• Gochsheim , Bavaria, Germany

Web links

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