Fleurie

For the musician, see Fleurie (musician).

Fleurie (French pronunciation: [fløʁi]) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Fleurie
Commune
A general view of Fleurie
Location of Fleurie
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Coordinates: 46°11′35″N 4°41′53″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Belleville-en-Beaujolais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Miguet[1]
Area 1	13.94 km2 (5.38 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,320
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Medieval charters record Fleurie as Floriacum.^[3]

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.^[4]

Notable residents

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

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Faure-Brac, Odile. Carte archéologique de la Gaule - Le Rhône. Vol. 69/1. Paris: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. p. 230. ISBN 978-2-87754-096-4.
4. Stott, Richard (2002). Dogs and Lamposts. Toronto: Hushion House Publishing. pp. 166–171. ISBN 978-1-84358-040-9.