Jarnioux

Jarnioux (French pronunciation: [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.

Jarnioux
Part of Porte des Pierres Dorées
The chateau and the church in Jarnioux
Coat of arms
Location of Jarnioux
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Coordinates: 45°57′56″N 4°37′41″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Le Bois-d'Oingt
Commune	Porte des Pierres Dorées
Area 1	4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	713
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	69640
Elevation	259–393 m (850–1,289 ft) (avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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).

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  Interior facade of the Manoir de La Garde.
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  Castle of Jarnioux.
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  Flag and stele linked to the Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial, and Sainte Catherine chapel.
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  The viaduc of the 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 Archived 2019-08-29 at the Wayback Machine