Fleurie

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

Fleurie
A general view of Fleurie
Location of Fleurie
Fleurie
Fleurie
Coordinates: 46°11′35″N 4°41′53″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentRhône
ArrondissementVillefranche-sur-Saône
CantonBelleville-en-Beaujolais
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Frédéric Miguet
Area
1
13.94 km2 (5.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
1,320
  Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
69084 /69820
Elevation210–524 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.

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.

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