Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt

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Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt
Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt (France)
Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt
local community Val d'Oingt
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône
Coordinates 45 ° 57 '  N , 4 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '  N , 4 ° 34'  E
Post Code 69620
Former INSEE code 69222
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée

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Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Val d'Oingt with 854 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The inhabitants are called Saint-Laurentais .

With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Le Bois-d'Oingt , Oingt and Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Val d'Oingt. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. It was part of the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône and the canton of Le Bois-d'Oingt .

geography

Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt is located about 29 kilometers northwest of Lyon and about twelve kilometers west-southwest of Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Bourgogne wine region on the Azergues River . Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Sainte-Paule in the north, Ville-sur-Jarnioux in the northeast, Oingt in the east, Le Bois-d'Oingt in the south, Saint-Vérand in the southwest and Ternand in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 519 518 531 543 653 726 793 830
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • 15th century church, monument historique since 1982
  • Notre-Dame chapel
  • La Forest castle from the 16th century

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