Fleurie
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Location within Rhône-Alpes region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
| Canton | Belleville |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Frédéric Miguet |
| Area1 | 13.94 km2 (5.38 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 1,190 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| 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
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