Meaux-la-Montagne

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Meaux-la-Montagne
Coat of arms of Meaux-la-Montagne
Meaux-la-Montagne (France)
Meaux-la-Montagne
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton Thizy-les-Bourgs
Community association Ouest Rhodania
Coordinates 46 ° 3 '  N , 4 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 3 '  N , 4 ° 25'  E
height 480-863 m
surface 9.19 km 2
Residents 237 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 69550
INSEE code
Website http://www.meauxlamontagne.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Meaux-la-Montagne

Meaux-la-Montagne is a French commune with a population of 237 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône , to the canton of Thizy-les-Bourgs (until 2015: canton of Amplepuis ) and is a member of the community association L'Ouest Rhodanien . The inhabitants are called Meldois or Montagnards .

geography

Meaux-la-Montagne is about 45 kilometers northwest of Lyon and about 23 kilometers west-northwest of Villefranche-sur-Saône . Meaux-la-Montagne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy in the north, Saint-Nizier-d'Azergues in the northeast, Grandris in the east and southeast, Cublize in the south and southwest and Saint-Vincent-de-Reins in the West and northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 211 152 148 153 166 163 202 251
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Joseph church, built in 1819, and rectory from 1823
Saint Joseph Church

Web links

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