Val d'Oingt (, literally ''Valley of
Oingt'') is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
located in the
department of
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...
in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in eastern
France
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, established on 1 January 2017 by the merger of former communes of
Le Bois-d'Oingt
Le Bois-d'Oingt (, literally ''The Wood of Oingt'') is a former commune located in the Rhône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, Le Bois-d'Oingt, Oingt and Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt merged becoming one commune ...
,
Oingt and
Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt.
[Arrêté du 22 septembre 2016 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Val d'Oingt]
''Journal officiel''.
See also
*
Communes of the Rhône department
The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis
The Metropolis of Lyon (french: Métropole de Lyon), also known as ("Greater Lyon"), is a French territorial coll ...
References
Communes of Rhône (department)
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