Theizé

Theizé
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Le Bois-d'Oingt
Community association	Beaujolais Pierres Dorées
Coordinates	45 ° 56 '  N , 4 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '  N , 4 ° 37'  E
height	237-603 m
surface	11.89 km 2
Residents	1,247 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	105 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	69620
INSEE code	69246
Website	http://www.theize-en-beaujolais.com/
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Theizé (also: Theizé-en-Beaujolais ) is a French municipality with 1247 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône , the canton Le Bois-d'Oingt and is a member of the Beaujolais Pierres Dorées community . The inhabitants are called Theizéens .

geography

Theizé is located around 26 kilometers northwest of Lyon and around nine kilometers southwest of Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Bourgogne wine region . Theizé is surrounded by the neighboring communities

• Ville-sur-Jarnioux in the north and north-west,
• Jarnioux in the north,
• Porte des Pierres Dorées with Pouilly-le-Monial in the north and north-east and Liergues in the north-east,
• Pommiers in the northeast,
• Anse in the east,
• Lachassagne in the southeast,
• Alix in the south and southeast,
• Frontenas in the south,
• Moiré in the south and southwest,
• Val d'Oingt with Oingt in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	672	643	781	874	915	999	1,038	1.104
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Antoine church, built between 1898 and 1905
• old church from the 12th / 13th centuries century
• Saint-Hippolyte Chapel, built in 1602
• Rochebonne Castle, rebuilt in the 17th century
• Rapetour Castle

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  Saint-Antoine church

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  Rochebonne Castle

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  Rapetour Castle

Personalities

• Charles Lapicque (1898–1988), painter

Web links

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