Fleurie

Fleurie
A general view of Fleurie A general view of Fleurie
Fleurie
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Fleurie
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Belleville
Government
• 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.

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.

Notable residents

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

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department

References

• INSEE