Vernay | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Vernay (Rhône).svg |
Arrondissement: | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
Canton: | Belleville-en-Beaujolais |
Insee: | 69261 |
Postal Code: | 69430 |
Mayor: | Philippe Perret[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 46.1581°N 4.53°W |
Elevation M: | 650 |
Elevation Min M: | 393 |
Elevation Max M: | 940 |
Area Km2: | 5.59 |
Vernay (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune (municipality) and former bishopric in the Rhône department in eastern France.
There is no archaeological or written evidence of Roman or earlier occupation on the site.
Around 400 a Latin Catholic Diocese of Vernay was established. Neither incumbents nor other details are available.It was suppressed, apparently without direct successor.