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Chessy

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commune in Rhône, France

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Place details

Locality
Chessy
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Population
1,510

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Key facts

Country
France
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department
Rhône
Arrondissement
Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton
Val d'Oingt
Intercommunality
Beaujolais Pierres Dorées
Mayor 2020 2026
Thierry Padilla-Quintana
Area
4.55 km (1.76 sq mi)
Population 2023
2,055
Density
452/km (1,170/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Insee postal code
69056 /69380
Elevation
211–342 m (692–1,122 ft) , (avg. 205 m or 673 ft)

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Encyclopedic overview

Chessy ( French: [ʃɛsi] ), also known as Chessy-les-Mines ([ʃɛsi le min]), is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Chessy-les-Mines is the type locality of the mineral azurite, also known as "chessylite." The species was redescribed and renamed in 1824 by François-Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850), French mineralogist and geologist.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chessy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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