Vaux-en-Beaujolais

Vaux-en-Beaujolais is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It is the inspiration for the fictional town of Clochemerle.[2][3]

Vaux-en-Beaujolais
The church in Vaux-en-Beaujolais
Location of Vaux-en-Beaujolais
Vaux-en-Beaujolais
Vaux-en-Beaujolais
Coordinates: 46°03′25″N 4°35′33″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentRhône
ArrondissementVillefranche-sur-Saône
CantonGleizé
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Raymond Philibert
Area
1
17.74 km2 (6.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,087
  Density61/km2 (160/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.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. 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
  3. 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



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