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.^[2]

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  (2022)[1]	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