Meys
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Rhône | |
Arrondissement | Lyon | |
Canton | Vaugneray | |
Community association | Monts du Lyonnais | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 41 ′ N , 4 ° 23 ′ E | |
height | 478-660 m | |
surface | 14.65 km 2 | |
Residents | 850 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 58 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 69610 | |
INSEE code | 69132 | |
Website | http://www.meys.fr/ | |
Meys Town Hall (Mairie) |
Meys is a French municipality with 850 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Meys belongs administratively to the arrondissement of Lyon and is part of the canton of Vaugneray (until 2015: canton of Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise ).
geography
Meys is located about 35 km west-southwest of Lyon in the Monts du Lyonnais . The Brévenne runs along the southern edge of the municipality . Meys is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Haute-Rivoire in the north, Souzy in the northeast, Aveize in the east, Grézieu-le-Marché in the south and southeast, Maringes in the south and southwest and Virigneux in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 670 | 597 | 563 | 544 | 592 | 637 | 670 | 800 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Web links
Commons : Meys - collection of pictures, videos and audio files