Chessy, Rhône

Chessy (French: [ʃɛsi] ^ⓘ), also known as Chessy-les-Mines ([ʃɛsi le min]), is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Chessy
Commune
The entrance of the château
Coat of arms
Location of Chessy
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Coordinates: 45°53′17″N 4°37′27″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Val d'Oingt
Intercommunality	Beaujolais Pierres Dorées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Padilla-Quintana[1]
Area 1	4.55 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,058
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	69056 /69380
Elevation	211–342 m (692–1,122 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chessy-les-Mines is the type locality of the mineral azurite, also known as "chessylite."^[3] The species was redescribed and renamed in 1824 by François-Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850), French mineralogist and geologist.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	942	—
1975	977	+0.52%
1982	1,098	+1.68%
1990	1,262	+1.76%
1999	1,313	+0.44%
2007	1,529	+1.92%
2012	1,824	+3.59%
2017	2,063	+2.49%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department