Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or

Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Métropole de Lyon
Arrondissement	Lyon
Coordinates	45 ° 51 ′  N , 4 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 51 ′  N , 4 ° 48 ′  E
height	276-605 m
surface	6.21 km 2
Residents	1,332 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	214 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	69250
INSEE code	69153
Website	www.poleymieux.fr
Saint-Victor church

Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or is a French commune with 1,332 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Métropole de Lyon in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .

Maison Ampère

Maison Ampère

The physicist André-Marie Ampère grew up in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or . The house of his childhood and youth dates from the 17th century and is now home to the Musée Ampère , which opened on July 1, 1931. The museum includes a library and numerous electrical machines and instruments that visitors can use to conduct experiments.

Web links

• The Ampère Museum (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ La Maison d'Ampère à Poleymieux. La Fondation du Patrimoine, accessed on January 14, 2020 (French). 
2. ↑ http://www.amperemusee.fr/