Saint-Jean-de-Muzols
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Tournon-sur-Rhône | |
| Canton | Tournon-sur-Rhône | |
| Community association | Hermitage-Tournonais-Herbasse-Pays de Saint Félicien | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 5 ' N , 4 ° 49' E | |
| height | 109-418 m | |
| surface | 10.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,458 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 230 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07300 | |
| INSEE code | 07245 | |
| Website | www.ville-tournon.com | |
 Town hall of Saint-Jean-de-Muzols |
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Saint-Jean-de-Muzols is a French commune with a population of 2,458 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône and the canton of Tournon-sur-Rhône . The inhabitants are called Muzolais .
geography
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols is located about 75 kilometers south of Lyon on the banks of the Rhone . The Doux River limits the municipality to the south. Saint-Jean-de-Muzols is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lemps in the north and west, Gervans in the northeast, Crozes-Hermitage in the east, Tain-l'Hermitage in the southeast, Tournon-sur-Rhône in the south and Saint-Barthélemy-le- Plain in the southwest.
The Saint-Joseph wine is produced in the Côtes du Rhône wine-growing region , to which the municipality also belongs .
history
Originally Muzolium was a Roman river port on the Rhône. In the Middle Ages, the parish was formed from a commandant office of the Order of Malta.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,056 | 1,263 | 1,532 | 1,955 | 2,315 | 2,394 | 2,439 | 2,442 |
Attractions
- Altar of the river boatmen from the 2nd century (Hadrian's time), Monument historique since 1943
- Neo-Romanesque classical church from the 19th century
- Old church
- Bridge over the Doux from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, Monument historique
- Belle Combe Palace from the 13th century
