Fleurie

Fleurie

Fleurie

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

For the musician, see Fleurie (musician).

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

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Medieval charters record Fleurie as Floriacum.[3]

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.[4]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    Faure-Brac, Odile. Carte archéologique de la Gaule - Le Rhône. Vol. 69/1. Paris: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. p. 230. ISBN 978-2-87754-096-4.
  4. [4]
    Stott, Richard (2002). Dogs and Lamposts. Toronto: Hushion House Publishing. pp. 166–171. ISBN 978-1-84358-040-9.
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