Porte des Pierres Dorées

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Porte des Pierres Dorées

(2020–2026) Jean-Paul Gasquet^[1]Area

13.33 km² (5.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,975 • Density300/km² (770/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69159 /69400

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Porte des Pierres Dorées (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt de pjɛʁ dɔʁe], literally Gate of the Golden Stones) is a commune in the department of Rhône, eastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Pouilly-le-Monial (the seat) and Liergues.^[3] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Jarnioux was merged into Porte des Pierres Dorées.^[4]

Population

The population data below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2023.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,694	—
1975	1,776	+0.68%
1982	2,010	+1.78%
1990	2,385	+2.16%
1999	2,650	+1.18%
2007	3,072	+1.86%
2012	3,482	+2.54%
2017	3,753	+1.51%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Monuments

Cloister of Pommiers
Château de l'Éclair.
Saint-Éloi church.
Pouilly le monial

References

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^ "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.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 22 September 2016 (in French)
^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE