Fleurie

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Fleurie

(2020–2026) Frédéric Miguet^[1]Area

13.94 km² (5.38 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,320 • Density95/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69084 /69820

Elevation210–524 m (689–1,719 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fleurie (French pronunciation: [fløʁi]) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Medieval charters record Fleurie as Floriacum.^[3]

Fleurie AOC is a division of the Beaujolais wine region.

In the 1970s the British Conservative politician and tax fugitive Ernest Marples (1907–78) owned a Fleurie château and vineyard, to which he retired after fleeing from an Inland Revenue investigation in 1975.^[4]

Notable residents

Désiré Charnay (1828–1915), archaeologist specializing in Mayan and Aztec studies

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Faure-Brac, Odile. Carte archéologique de la Gaule - Le Rhône. Vol. 69/1. Paris: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. p. 230. ISBN 978-2-87754-096-4.
^ Stott, Richard (2002). Dogs and Lamposts. Toronto: Hushion House Publishing. pp. 166–171. ISBN 978-1-84358-040-9.