Fleurie

Fleurie
A general view of Fleurie
Fleurie
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Fleurie
Coordinates: 46°11′35″N 4°41′53″E / 46.193°N 4.698°ECoordinates: 46°11′35″N 4°41′53″E / 46.193°N 4.698°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Belleville
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Frédéric Miguet
Area^1	13.94 km^2 (5.38 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	1,190
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	69084 / 69820
Elevation	210–524 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fleurie is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Medieval charters record Fleurie as Floriacum.^[1]

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.^[2]

Notable residents

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

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department

References

• INSEE

1. Faure-Brac, Odile. Carte archéologique de la Gaule - Le Rhône. 69/1. Paris: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. p. 230. ISBN 2-87754-096-0.
2. Stott, Richard (2002). Toronto: Hushion House Publishing. pp. 166–171. ISBN 1-84358-040-3. Missing or empty |title= (help)