Les Roches-de-Condrieu

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Les Roches-de-Condrieu
Coat of arms of Les Roches-de-Condrieu
Les Roches-de-Condrieu (France)
Les Roches-de-Condrieu
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Vienne
Canton Vienne-2
Community association Pays Roussillonnais
Coordinates 45 ° 27 '  N , 4 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 27 '  N , 4 ° 46'  E
height 155-200 m
surface 1.03 km 2
Residents 1,925 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,869 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38370
INSEE code
Website lesrochesdecondrieu.com

View of Condrieu and Les Roches-de-Condrieu on the opposite side of the Rhône

Les Roches-de-Condrieu is a French commune with 1,925 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement Vienne and the canton Vienne-2 (until 2015: canton Vienne-Sud ) as well as the community association Pays Roussillonnais . The inhabitants are called Rochelois (es) .

geography

Les Roches-de-Condrieu is located in the Dauphiné region on the Rhone . Les Roches-de-Condrieu is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Condrieu in the north, Saint-Clair-du-Rhône in the south and east and Vérin in the west.

The Paris – Marseille railway runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,297 1,534 1,576 1,728 1,836 1,819 1.912 1.994

Attractions

  • Saint-Nicolas church
  • Market hall from 1834

Parish partnership

A partnership has existed with the Italian municipality of Cerisano in the province of Cosenza (Calabria) since 2009.

Personalities

  • Jean-Baptiste Gerin (1797–1863), priest, currently. in the process of canonization in the Roman Catholic Church
  • Paul Froment (1875–1898), poet with a focus on Occitan poetry

Web links

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