Liergues
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| local community | Porte des Pierres Dorées | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 58 ′ N , 4 ° 40 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 69380 | |
| Former INSEE code | 69114 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall of Liergues |
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Liergues is a commune Déléguée in the French community Porte des Pierres Dorées with 2,110 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Liergues and Pouilly-le-Monial were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Porte des Pierres Dorées. Since then, Liergues has had the status of a commune déléguée. The municipality of Liergues was part of the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône and the canton of Le Bois-d'Oingt (until 2015: canton of Anse ).
geography
Liergues is located about 26 kilometers north-northwest of Lyon and about four kilometers southwest of Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Beaujolais wine-growing region . Liergues is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Lacenas in the north, Gleizé in the northeast, Pommiers in the east, Theizé in the south, Pouilly-le-Monial in the southwest and Jarnioux in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 811 | 820 | 864 | 954 | 1,189 | 1,392 | 1,633 | 1.917 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Éloi church
- L'Éclair Castle, today's winery and hotel school
- Wash house from the end of the 19th century
Saint-Éloi church
L'Éclair Castle
