Pollionnay

Pollionnay is a common French, located in the department of the the Rhone and the area the Rhone-Alps at 17 km at the west of Lyon.

Geography

Situation

Pollionnay is located at 18 km in the west of the Lyons agglomeration, with the starter of the territory of the Mounts of the Lyonese. This perish-urban geographical position enables him to profit from the commercial and economic reinforcement of the Lyons agglomeration, while profiting from a framework of life of great quality. These elements make commune of Pollionnay a gravitational sector, subjected to a strong urban pressure.

Landscape context

Mounts and wooded combes with an agricultural soft inclined plate. A particular aspect with at the same time of vast visual escapes in direction of the Gold Mounts, the Lyons agglomeration - and sometimes until Bugey and with the Alps, but also a territory perceived of enough far, of the sector of the Laval Cross and the Pear tree, Chaponost and Brignais. These very remote perceptions on the slopes of Pollionnay confer a specific landscape sensitivity to them. This communal territory is dominated overall by the agricultural timbering and pieces.

Climatology

In the east, a continental influence and, with the south, a light southernmost influence. The commune is thus subjected to a type of moderate continental climate of medium mountains. Annual pluviometry is about 720 mm of water to the square meter. The minimal and maximum average temperatures oscillate between -1° and +26° centigrades.

Geology

The commune is registered in edge " Est" of the geological whole of the Massif Central, for which the granitic and siliceous grounds (metamorphic rocks) are prevalent. Almost the whole of the territory consists of a type of alkaline granite rock.

Hydrology

This territory is located in the catchment area of Yzeron (144 km square), of many rivers cross it: the Pear tree, Larny, Verdy, Rizoud, the Ratter, Presles, the Bubble and the Draper. Yzeron is the subject of a " contract of rivière". Concerning the Ratter, water quality is poor from where drainage works at the end of the realization. Pollionnay adheres to intercommunity association drinkable water supply Lyons south-west which exploits mainly wells of collecting on the communes of Brignais and Vourles, and on the zone of collecting of Hunting on the Rhone where necessary.

Natural risks

The only strong constraint to take into account is at the level of the mine of Verdy: risk of falls of ground and landslide.

Natural zone

The wooded whole of the Collar of the Cross of the Round of applause to the Collar of southern Malval is classified in significant natural space of faunistic and floristic ecological interest (ZNIEFF).

The quality of the air

The motor vehicle traffic constitutes the independent source of pollution met within the communal territory, and to a lesser extent the activities of breeding.

History

Panorama

Roman presence: foundation of fort, aqueduct now disappeared. At the origin, to the 13th century, Pollionnay belonged to the counts de Lyon, then to the XVI°, was set up in baronnie depend on the archpriest of Courzieu. The last lord of Pollionnay was the marquis de Lorras carried out in 1793. The commune includes/understands a castle dating from the 15th century, with a keep built on the ruins of a Roman fortress. A few blocks of stone at the base testify some. At the 16th century, the commune included/understood already three vaults: the heart of the current church (old vault of the castle), that of Larny and that of Lorette. Under the old mode the outlaws were led at the collar of the Cross of the Round of applause, of or the origin of its name.

Places and monuments

Monograph of the pre-inventory of the monuments and artistic richnesses of Pollionnay, available in town hall to the price of 8,50 €.

the Romance vault of Larny: The vault of Saint-Andrew de Larny is brood in the middle of the old hamlet, to 4 km in the north of Pollionnay. Mentioned as of the 13th century, various documents attest that it depended on the jurisdiction of the chapter of Saint-Just and was served by the parish of Holy-Consorce under the obedience of Grézieu-The-Game preserve. It was yielded to the lord of Pollionnay in 1577. Restored at the 17th century, it keeps Lyons Romanesque architecture, the arched apse with flat bedside and its small bay. The bell-tower and the cross of the cemetery of the 17th century deserve the attention.

Personalities related to the commune

Eugenie Brazier (1895 - 1977): celebrate large chief cook French (2 times three stars with the Guide Michelin for its two restaurants of Lyon and the collar of Luère with Pollionnay) of 1933 with 1968.
Genevieve Dumont: sculptor of Article Genevieve-Dumont Association exposes to Pollionnay works of Genevieve Dumont, woman sculptor impassioned by the use of modern materials. Its esthetic research led it to a deeply original art. Teaching the visual arts, it carried out many public orders, in particular in the region of Lion.

Demography

The urban organization

The old core of the borough is organized starting from the crossing of the RD 70 with the avenue Mr. Guerpillon and the road of the Cross of the Round of applause. Historically, it is of modest size. Many hamlets structure the territory of the commune supplemented by a diffuse habitat, source of mitage of the landscape. Pollionnay counted 1.580 inhabitants in 1999 for a density of 100 inhabitants to the square km. The annual rhythm of construction was of 9 residences per annum between 1999 and 2003. One can predict an evolution of population from + 1,5% each year, which gives 2000 inhabitants to expiry 2015,2400 at the limit 2030.

Statistics

Administration

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See too

Common of the Rhone

External bonds

Pollionnay on the site of the national geographical Institute
Pollionnay on the site of INSEE
Pollionnay on the site of Quid
Pollionnay on the site of the CCVL
Localization of Pollionnay on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Pollionnay on Mapquest
Site of the CCVL

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