Vaux-en-Beaujolais

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Vaux-en-Beaujolais

(2020–2026) Jean-Charles Perrin^[1]Area

17.74 km² (6.85 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,131 • Density64/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69257 /69460

Elevation270–820 m (890–2,690 ft)
(avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vaux-en-Beaujolais (French pronunciation: [vo ɑ̃ boʒɔlɛ], literally Vaux in Beaujolais) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It is the inspiration for the fictional town of Clochemerle.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ William Rodarmor, Anna Livia, "France: A Traveler's Literary Companion", Traveler's Literary Companions vol.16, Whereabouts Press, 2008, ISBN 1-883513-18-9, p.179
^ Kevin Passmore, "From Liberalism to Fascism: The Right in a French Province, 1928-1939", Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-521-89426-3, p.104