Porte des Pierres Dorées

Porte des Pierres Dorées
Commune
A general view of Pouilly-le-Monial
Location of Porte des Pierres Dorées
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Coordinates: 45°57′29″N 4°38′49″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Val d'Oingt
Intercommunality	Beaujolais-Pierres Dorées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Gasquet[1]
Area ^1	13.33 km^2 (5.15 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,975
• Density	300/km^2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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 km^2 (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

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 22 September 2016 (in French)
4. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE