Lucenay

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Lucenay
Lucenay coat of arms
Lucenay (France)
Lucenay
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton Anse
Community association Beaujolais Pierres Dorées
Coordinates 45 ° 55 '  N , 4 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 55 '  N , 4 ° 42'  E
height 173-360 m
surface 6.27 km 2
Residents 1,808 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 288 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 69480
INSEE code 69122

Church of St. Stephan ( Église Saint-Étienne )

Lucenay is a commune with 1,808 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Rhône region of France in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône and the canton of Anse .

location

Lucenay is located in the Beaujolais wine region , about 20 kilometers northwest of Lyon . The Saône tributary Azergues flows through the east of the municipality of Lucenay .

history

The village of Lucenay ( Luccennacum ) belonged to the county of Lyon , which had existed since the 6th century . This is indicated by a written source in a Lyon church, which is attributed to Count Artaud I , who died in 960. Limestone quarries dominated the area around Lucenay until the middle of the 20th century. After their abandonment, viticulture became the most important source of income.

population

Population development
year Residents
1962 607
1968 719
1975 878
1982 1,071
1990 1,205
1999 1,368
2010 1,752

With 1808 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Lucenay is one of the medium-sized communities in the Rhône department. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (in 1901 there were still 834 inhabitants), there was again a significant population growth since the beginning of the 1950s.

Economy and Infrastructure

The most important branches of industry in Lucenay are viticulture and the tourism that is partly associated with it. The quality wines produced here are allowed to carry the designations of origin ( AOC ) Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire , Bourgogne Aligoté , Bourgogne Passetoutgrain or Crémant de Bourgogne . Other agricultural products include fruits, vegetables and grains.

The A6 autoroute ( Paris - Lyon ) runs through the municipality of Lucenay . Anse train station, five kilometers away, is on the Paris – Marseille railway line .

partnership

A partnership exists with the French municipality of Velleron in the Vaucluse department .

Attractions

  • Saint-Étienne church from the 12th century with a Romanesque tower
  • Wayside cross from 1777
  • Ruins of the Château de Chiel - today integrated into a golf course
  • Lavoir
  • numerous wineries

  • Château de Chiel

  • Mayor's office

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Uniquement cité par A. Bernard (1867)
  2. ↑ History on www.cc-beaujolais.com/lucenay/ ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cc-beaujolais.com
  3. ↑ cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html

Web links

Commons : Lucenay  - collection of images