Vaux-en-Beaujolais (French pronunciation: [vo ɑ̃ boʒɔlɛ], literally Vaux in Beaujolais) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It is the inspiration for the fictional town of Clochemerle.[3][4]

Vaux-en-Beaujolais
The church in Vaux-en-Beaujolais
The church in Vaux-en-Beaujolais
Location of Vaux-en-Beaujolais
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Vaux-en-Beaujolais is located in France
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Vaux-en-Beaujolais
Vaux-en-Beaujolais is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Vaux-en-Beaujolais
Coordinates: 46°03′25″N 4°35′33″E / 46.0569°N 4.5925°E / 46.0569; 4.5925
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentRhône
ArrondissementVillefranche-sur-Saône
CantonGleizé
IntercommunalityCA Villefranche Beaujolais Saône
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Charles Perrin[1]
Area
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17.74 km2 (6.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,131
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
69257 /69460
Elevation270–820 m (890–2,690 ft)
(avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Rodarmor, William; Livia, Anna, eds. (2008). France: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions vol.16). United States: Whereabouts Press. p. 179. ISBN 9781883513184.
  4. ^ Kevin Passmore, "From Liberalism to Fascism: The Right in a French Province, 1928-1939", Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-521-89426-3, p.104
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