Pomeys

Pomeys
Coat of arms of Pomeys Coat of arms
Pomeys
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Pomeys
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Vaugneray
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Hauts du Lyonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Bonnard
Area1	13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	939
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	69155 / 69590
Elevation	502–764 m (1,647–2,507 ft) (avg. 760 m or 2,490 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.

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

History

The legend traces the origins of the parish of St Martin de Pomeys (village name) to the life of the great apostle of the French countryside: St. Martin. Returning from his homeland of Hungary, the bishop of Tours would have stopped at the inexhaustible fountain known as the "fountain St Martin". He would have left there, engraved on the stone, the mark with his stick. This fountain is located on the "raitchemin de St Martin" on the way to the bois de Pomeys.

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department

References

• INSEE