Montbrison-sur-Lez

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Montbrison-sur-Lez
Montbrison-sur-Lez (France)
Montbrison-sur-Lez
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Nyons
Canton Grignan
Community association Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan
Coordinates 44 ° 26 '  N , 5 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 26 '  N , 5 ° 1'  E
height 249-744 m
surface 12.83 km 2
Residents 281 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26770
INSEE code

Montbrison-sur-Lez (officially until 1 January 2004 Montbrison ) is a French municipality with 281 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .

The municipality is located on the banks of the Lez River . The vineyards of the place are in the wine-growing area of the southern Rhône valley . The wines may be marketed under the designation of origin Côtes du Rhône and the qualitatively stricter Côtes du Rhône Villages .

Ruins of the former Cluniac Priory in Montbrison

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 210 208 198 258 266 312 310 286
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

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