Liergues

Part of Porte des Pierres Dorées in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Liergues

Part of Porte des Pierres Dorées

The town hall in Liergues

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Coordinates: 45°58′01″N 4°40′01″E﻿ / ﻿45.967°N 4.667°E﻿ / 45.967; 4.667
Country| France
Region| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department| Rhône
Arrondissement| Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton| Le Bois-d'Oingt
Commune| Porte des Pierres Dorées

Area

| 5.32 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 2,413
• Density| 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

69400

Elevation| 201–308 m (659–1,010 ft)
(avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Liergues (French pronunciation: [ljɛʁɡ]) is a former commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Porte des Pierres Dorées.[2] Its population was 2,413 in 2022.[1]

## Geography

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The commune is crossed from south to north by the Merloup (or Merloux) which has its source in Theizé and flows into the Morgon, a tributary of the Saône (and therefore sub-tributary of the Rhône) at Gleizé.

## Places and monuments

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### Foundation of the Covenant

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The Foundation of the Covenant is the junction of monuments establishing a link between Japan Lyon Beaujolais and its surroundings, France through the emblematic figure of Miyamoto Musashi samurai lord belonging to the Japanese Imperial Treasury.

This set includes the Foundation of the Covenant, a Beaujolais stone stele and a flag in Jarnioux (Gate of Golden Stones), the Lyon-Japan Japan-France Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial and the Bronze Statue of Miyamoto Musashi in Gleizé ( Community of Communes of Villefranche-sur-Saône).

### Monuments

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* Saint-Éloi church.
* Château de l'Éclair.
* The cooperative wine cellar[3] of 1929.
* Foundation of the Covenant.

* Château de l'Éclair.

* Flag of the Holy Spirit and stele, seat of the Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial.

* Foundation of the Covenant.

* Saint-Éloi church.

## Personalities linked to the municipality

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## See also

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* Communes of the Rhône department
* Porte des Pierres Dorées
* Rhône-Alpes

## References

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1. ^ a b "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 22 September 2016 (in French)
3. ^ Utilisateur, Super. "Commune de Liergues - La cave coopérative". www.liergues.com. Retrieved 2015-07-21.

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