Chazelles-on-Lyon

Chazelles-on-Lyon is a common French, located in the department of the the Loire and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Its Habitants is called Chazellois (be)

Geography

History

Guy II, Count of Drill, yielded its rights on Chazelles in Forez, in 1148, with the knight S of Midsummer's Day of Jerusalem. These Templiers, which will become the knights of Malta, gave the name of Chazelles-on-Lyon to the commune, and brought, according to the legend, the technique of the felt (amalgamates hairs bound by pressing).
1889-tram of Chazelles: The tram, between the station of Viricelles-Chazelles and saint Symphorien-on-Coise, ensured the service of 1899 to 1933, while transporting an annual average of 100.000 travellers, and 15.000 tons of goods in the years records.
1933: Closing of the tram Viricelles - Chazelles and Saint-Symphorien-on-Coise (5 km),

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Alexandre Séon, born with Chazelles-on Lyon in 1855 and died in Paris in 1907, painter Symbolist raises of Henri Lehmann and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes of which he will be the pupil and the assistant during ten years.

See too

Common of the Loire

External bonds

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Chazelles-on-Lyon on the site of the national geographical Institute
Chazelles-on-Lyon on the site of INSEE
Chazelles-on-Lyon on the site of Quid
Localization of Chazelles-on-Lyon on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Chazelles-on-Lyon on Mapquest

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