Le Bois-d'Oingt
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| local community | Val d'Oingt | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ' N , 4 ° 35' E | |
| Post Code | 69620 | |
| Former INSEE code | 69024 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall of Le Bois-d'Oingt |
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Le Bois-d'Oingt is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Val d'Oingt with 2,503 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The inhabitants are called Buisantins .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Le Bois-d'Oingt , Oingt and Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Val d'Oingt. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. It was part of the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône and the canton of Le Bois-d'Oingt .
geography
Le Bois-d'Oingt is located around 35 kilometers northwest of Lyon in the Bourgogne wine region on the Azergues River . Le Bois-d'Oingt is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt in the northwest, Oingt in the north, Moiré in the east, Bagnols in the southeast, Le Breuil and Legny in the south and Saint-Verand in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 912 | 1.009 | 1,328 | 1,462 | 1,518 | 1,823 | 1,973 | 2,287 |
Attractions
- The old Saint-Martin church, originally from the 7th century,
- The other old church, the chapel room was built around 1658,
- The current church was built in 1868
- Saint-Roch chapel from the mid-17th century
- Remains of the old castle of the Bishop of Lyon from the 13th century
- La Grange de Tanay Castle
- Combefort Castle
- John McGrew Museum
