Villefranche-sur-Saône
Villefranche-sur-Saône
Velafranche (Arpitan) | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 A general view of Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Villefranche-sur-Saône  | |
  Villefranche-sur-Saône  Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Coordinates: 45°59′00″N 4°43′00″E / 45.9833°N 4.7167°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
| Canton | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
| Intercommunality | CA Villefranche Beaujolais Saône |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thomas Ravier[1] |
Area 1 | 9.48 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 35,913 |
| • Density | 3,800/km2 (9,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Caladois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 69264 /69400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villefranche-sur-Saône (US: /ˌviːl(ə)ˈfrɒ̃ʃ sʊər ˈsoʊn/,[3] French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ son] ; Arpitan: Velafranche) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the river Saône, and is around 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Lyon. The inhabitants of the town are called Caladois.
History
[edit]Villefranche-sur-Saône was founded in 1212 by Guichard IV, count of Beaujeu (Arpitan: Bôjor/Biôjœr), and became in the 14th century the capital of the Beaujolais (Arpitan: Biôjolês) province.[4] It endured three sieges in the 15th and 16th centuries. The town walls were taken down early in the 19th century.
Population
[edit]The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Villefranche-sur-Saône proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Villefranche-sur-Saône absorbed the former communes of Béligny and Ouilly (partly) in 1853.[5]
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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economy
[edit]Industries include wine-trading, metallurgy, textiles, and chemicals.
Transport
[edit]The Autoroute du Sud (the principal road from Paris to the south of France) is adjacent to the east of the town, running alongside the Saône.
Buildings
[edit]The church of Notre-Dame des Marais, begun at the end of the 14th and finished in the 16th century, has a tower and spire (rebuilt in 1862), standing to the right of the 15th century façade, in which are carved wooden doors.[4]
Sport
[edit]FC Villefranche Beaujolais is based in the town.
Notable people
[edit]- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955), Jesuit priest and scientist, attended school here in 1892–1897
- Maurice Baquet (1911–2005), actor and cellist
- François Picard (1921–1996), racing driver
- Christian Lavieille (born 1965), racing driver
- Benjamin Biolay (born 1973), singer, songwriter and musician
- Coralie Clément (born 1978), singer
- Grégory Bettiol (born 1986), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Villefranche-sur-Saône is twinned with:[7]
Bertinoro, Italy
Bühl, Germany
Călărași District, Moldova
Kandi, Benin- Schkeuditz, Germany
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Villefranche-sur-Saône (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1934–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
43.5 (110.3) |
43.0 (109.4) |
36.0 (96.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
43.5 (110.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.9 (−7.4) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48.3 (1.90) |
37.9 (1.49) |
46.9 (1.85) |
62.6 (2.46) |
73.5 (2.89) |
73.6 (2.90) |
77.1 (3.04) |
71.0 (2.80) |
68.2 (2.69) |
89.9 (3.54) |
88.4 (3.48) |
53.5 (2.11) |
790.9 (31.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.2 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 106.8 |
| Source: Meteociel[8] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Villefranche". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Villefranche-sur-Saône". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 77.
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villefranche-sur-Saône, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Comité des associations de jumelage de Villefranche". villefranche.net (in French). Villefranche-sur-Saône. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Villefranche (69)". Meteociel. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in French)
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