Vernaison

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Vernaison
Vernaison Coat of Arms
Vernaison (France)
Vernaison
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Métropole de Lyon
Arrondissement Lyon
Coordinates 45 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 49 ′  E
height 155-280 m
surface 4.03 km 2
Residents 4,998 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,240 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 69390
INSEE code 69260
Website http://www.vernaison.fr/

Vernaison Town Hall

Vernaison is a French commune with 4998 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

geography

Vernaison is about 15 kilometers south of Lyon on the Rhone in the Métropole de Lyon , in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lyon and the Canton of Irigny . Its inhabitants are called Vernaisonais .

Vernaison is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Irigny in the north, Solaize in the east, Sérézin-du-Rhône in the southeast, Millery in the south and southwest and Charly in the west.

history

The oldest surviving documentary mention of Vernaison comes from 1153.

The Trésor de Vernaison (Treasure Find of Vernaison) is an archaeological hoard that was discovered in 1856. It contains numerous bronze objects such as ax blades, lance tips and pieces of chain and dates to around 1100 BC. The find is exhibited today in the Musée gallo-romain de Fourvière in Lyon.

On September 21, 1945, a serious rail accident occurred near Vernaison when two trains collided. 30 people died, 105 were also injured.

  • Vernaison

  • Hoard from Vernaison

  • Cornevent Pavilion

  • The Enchanted Lake

Vernaison belonged to the canton of Irigny until 2015 .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1766 1995 3250 3373 4072 4000 4320 4998

traffic

Vernaison has had a station on the Saint-Étienne – Lyon line , the second line in France , since 1832 . This line was later integrated into the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway . Today he is by trains of TER Auvergne Rhône-Alpes of the connection Givors-Ville - Lyon-Perrache served.

economy

The territory of the commune is part of the Coteaux du Lyonnais wine-growing region .

Attractions

  • Church, built from 1869 in place of the earlier Romanesque church, consecrated in 1873
  • Remains of the Pavillon de Cornevent , monument historique since 1973
  • “Enchanted Lake” building and park, designed by Henri Broche in 1835, Monument historique since 1986
  • Remains of the suspension bridge (built in 1902, destroyed in 1940)

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Vernaison  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 116.