Le Bois-d'Oingt (, literally ''The Wood of
Oingt'') is a former
commune located in the
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ...
in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
region, in eastern
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. On 1 January 2017, Le Bois-d'Oingt,
Oingt and
Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt merged becoming one commune of
Val d'Oingt
Val d'Oingt (, literally ''Valley of Oingt'') is a commune located in the department of Rhône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in eastern France, established on 1 January 2017 by the merger of former communes of Le Bois-d'Oingt, Oingt an ...
.
Arrêté du 22 septembre 2016 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Val d'Oingt
''Journal officiel''.
Geography
Le Bois d'Oingt's acreage is of 1.976 square mile (512 hectares), and it lies at 350 meters altitude.
The inhabitants of Bois d’Oingt are called the “buisantins”.
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 which has 59 communes. For communes in the Lyon Metropolis, see Communes of the Lyon Metropolis.
The communes coop ...
References
Former communes of Rhône (department)
Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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