Population (1999) 1,190 Area 13.94 km² | Canton Belleville Time zone CET (UTC+1) | |
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Fleurie is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
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Map of 69820 Fleurie, France
Medieval charters record Fleurie as Floriacum.
Fleurie AOC is a division of the Beaujolais wine region. In the 1970s the British Conservative politician and tax fugitive Ernest Marples (1907–78) owned a Fleurie château and vineyard, to which he retired after fleeing from an Inland Revenue investigation in 1975.
Notable residents
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Fleurie Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA