Jarnioux

Jarnioux
Jarnioux
	Part of Porte des Pierres Dorées
	The chateau and the church in Jarnioux
	Coat of arms
	Location of Jarnioux
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	Coordinates: 45°57′56″N 4°37′41″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Le Bois-d'Oingt
Commune	Porte des Pierres Dorées
Area 1	4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population (2017)[1]	669
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	69640
Elevation	259–393 m (850–1,289 ft) ; (avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jarnioux is a former commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Porte des Pierres Dorées.[2]

Places and monuments

Jarnioux has several monuments :

The manor of the Guard (private, rental of rooms for events).
The castle of Jarnioux.
The Sainte Catherine chapel.
The flag of the Holy Spirit and the stele linked to the Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial.
The viaduct of the old Beaujolais railway (Tacot).

The Alliance Socle established in Liergues in front of the Tsuji castle links the 32 municipalities of the Porte des Pierres Dorées including the municipality of Jarnioux within the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Dauphiné Savoie region with the Prefecture of Okayama and the city of Mimasaka in Japan.

Interior facade of the Manoir de La Garde.
Castle of Jarnioux.
Alliance Socle in front of the Tsuji castle in the Porte des Pierres dorées link between Okayama prefecture and Mimasaka and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Dauphiné Savoie Region.
Flag and stele linked to the Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial, and Sainte Catherine chapel.
The viaduc of the Tacot.

Auguste Guinon transformed Jarnioux from 1869. He equipped the village with a wash house, a town hall, a school and a church.

Serge Prisset, singer known for the song "Colombe ivre", released in 1970. He lives in Jarnioux.

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