Marchampt

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Marchampt
Marchampt (France)
Marchampt
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton Belleville
Community association Saone-Beaujolais
Coordinates 46 ° 7 '  N , 4 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 7 '  N , 4 ° 34'  E
height 318-883 m
surface 17.74 km 2
Residents 462 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 69430
INSEE code

View of the roofs of Marchampt

Marchampt is a French municipality with 462 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 Belleville (until 2015: canton of Beaujeu ).

geography

Marchampt is about 17 kilometers northwest of Villefranche-sur-Saône . The small river Petite Grosne has its source here . Marchampt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beaujeu in the north, Quincié-en-Beaujolais in the east, Le Perréon in the south, Claveisolles in the west and Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu in the north-west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
413 317 286 295 303 363 426 441
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church from 1840
  • Notre-Dame-l'Auxiliatrice chapel in Cremasson
  • Saint-Emillian Chapel from 1577 in Varennes
  • Les Roches Castle, built in 1860
  • Varennes Castle

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