Monsols
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local community | Deux-Grosnes | |
region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Rhône | |
Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 13 ' N , 4 ° 31' E | |
Post Code | 69860 | |
Former INSEE code | 69135 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée |
Monsols is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Deux-Grosnes with 912 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) Rhône region of France in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The residents call themselves Monsourdis .
On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Monsols merged with Avenas , Ouroux , Saint-Christophe , Saint-Jacques-des-Arrêts , Saint-Mamert and Trades to form the Commune nouvelle Deux-Grosnes. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Monsols was the chief town (chief-lieu) of the canton of Monsols in the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône until 2015 and was then converted to the canton of Thizy-les-Bourgs .
Geography, infrastructure
Monsols is located in the Beaujolais . The headquarters of the community association Communauté de communes du Haut Beaujolais , which existed from December 28, 1995 to January 1, 2017, was in the village .
The highest point in the municipality is Mont Saint-Rigaud (1009 m above sea level).
The neighboring municipalities are Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères in the northwest, Saint-Christophe in the northeast, Ouroux in the east, Les Ardillats in the south, Propières in the southwest and Saint-Igny-de-Vers in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2014 |
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Residents | 681 | 722 | 764 | 777 | 814 | 895 | 980 | 930 |