Chiroubles
Chiroubles () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also * Chiroubles AOC, a Beaujolais wine from Chiroubles *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) {{Rhône-geo-stub ...
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Chiroubles AOC
Beaujolais ( , ) is a French '' Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which make up only 1% of its production, are made mostly with Chardonnay grapes though Aligoté is also permitted until 2024 (on condition the vines were planted before 2004). Beaujolais tends to be a very light-bodied red wine, with relatively high amounts of acidity. In some vintages, Beaujolais produces more wine than the Burgundy wine regions of Chablis, Côte d'Or, Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais put together.J. Robinson (ed.). ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'' (Third Ed.), pp 72–74. Oxford University Press, 2006. . The wine takes its name from the historical Province of Beaujolais, a wine-producing region. It is located north of Lyon, and covers parts of the north of the department of Rhône, the Rhône-Alpes region and souther ...
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Rhône (department)
Rhône (; frp, Rôno) is a department of east-central France, in the central-southeastern Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Named after the river Rhône, its prefecture is Lyon. Its sole subprefecture is Villefranche-sur-Saône. In 2019, it had a population of 1,875,747.Populations légales 2019: 69 Rhône
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History

The department was created on August 12, 1793, when the former was split into two departments: Rhône and Loire. Originally, the eastern border of Rhône was the city of

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 is have 59 communes. For communes in the Lyon Metropolis, see Communes of the Lyon Metropolis. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC
Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien *