Condrieu
Encyclopedia
Condrieu is a commune
in the Rhône department in eastern France
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It is situated on the right bank of the Rhône
, some 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Vienne
and 44 km south of Lyon
, at the foot of the lower slopes of the Mont Monnet. It has an area of 921 hectares and a population of 3,424 (as of 1999). Its altitude ranges from 146 to 460 metres.
Condrieu produces white wine, Condrieu AOC
and cheese, the Rigotte de Condrieu
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Rhône department in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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It is situated on the right bank of the Rhône
Rhône River
The Rhone is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in Switzerland and running from there through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhone and the Little Rhone...
, some 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Vienne
Vienne, Isère
Vienne is a commune in south-eastern France, located south of Lyon, on the Rhône River. It is the second largest city after Grenoble in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture. The city's population was of 29,400 as of the 2001 census....
and 44 km south of Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, at the foot of the lower slopes of the Mont Monnet. It has an area of 921 hectares and a population of 3,424 (as of 1999). Its altitude ranges from 146 to 460 metres.
Condrieu produces white wine, Condrieu AOC
Condrieu AOC
Condrieu is a French wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée located in the northern Rhône wine, near Vienne and to the south of the Côte-Rôtie AOC...
and cheese, the Rigotte de Condrieu
Rigotte de Condrieu
The rigotte de Condrieu is a type of cheese made with goat's milk which originates in the Lyonnaise region of France and is named after the town of Condrieu....
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