Jarnioux Explained

Jarnioux
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason de Jarnioux (Rhône).svg
Arrondissement:	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton:	Le Bois-d'Oingt
Insee:	69101
Postal Code:	69640
Commune:	Porte des Pierres Dorées
Coordinates:	45.9656°N 4.6281°W
Elevation M:	330
Elevation Min M:	259
Elevation Max M:	393
Area Km2:	4.2
Population:	713
Population Date:	2019
Population Footnotes:	^[1]

Jarnioux (in French pronounced as /ʒaʁnju/) is a former commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Porte des Pierres Dorées.^[2]

Places and monuments

Jarnioux has several monuments :

• The manor of the Guard (private, rental of rooms for events).
• The castle of Jarnioux.
• The Sainte Catherine chapel.
• The viaduct of the old Beaujolais railway (Tacot).

Personalities linked to the municipality

Auguste Guinon transformed Jarnioux from 1869. He equipped the village with a wash house, a town hall, a school and a church.

Serge Prisset, singer known for the song "Colombe ivre", released in 1970. He lives in Jarnioux.

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department
• Porte des Pierres Dorées

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/9/28/TERB1905724A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral