Joux
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Canton | Tarare | |
| Community association | Ouest Rhodania | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 4 ° 22' E | |
| height | 410-892 m | |
| surface | 25.18 km 2 | |
| Residents | 691 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69170 | |
| INSEE code | 69102 | |
| Website | http://www.joux.fr/ | |
 City Hall (Mairie) of Joux |
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Joux is a French municipality with 691 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 Tarare . The inhabitants are called Jouxiens .
geography
Joux is located about 33 kilometers west-northwest of Lyon in the Bourgogne wine region . The Turdine crosses the municipality and rises in the northwest. Joux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Sauvages in the north, Tarare in the east, Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé in the south-east, Violay in the south and south-west, Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges in the west and Machézal in the north-west.
The A89 car route runs along the southern edge of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 492 | 434 | 376 | 456 | 512 | 605 | 653 | 657 |
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Attractions
- Assumption Church ( Église de l'Assomption )
- La Salette Chapel
- Joux Castle, built as a castle around 1273, damaged several times, today's building mainly from the 17th century
- Turdine weir
Web links
Commons : Joux - collection of images, videos and audio files
