Albigny-sur-Saône
Albigny-sur-Saône (, literally Albigny on Saône,, before 1962: Albigny) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-eastern France. The town was founded thousands of years ago in Roman times, probably around 40 BC over sacred ground of the Gallic Segusiavi tribe, and likely re-named after Clodius Albinus in the early 3rd century AD.
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Place details
- Locality
- Albigny-sur-Saône
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,814
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Albigny-sur-Saône (, literally Albigny on Saône,, before 1962: Albigny) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-eastern France. The town was founded thousands of years ago in Roman times, probably around 40 BC over sacred ground of the Gallic Segusiavi tribe, and likely re-named after Clodius Albinus in the early 3rd century AD.
An affluent community the town has two schools, including a Montessori bilingual French-English school, a public library, a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon, a 12th-century castle, two doctors, two dentists, a pharmacy, and a small shopping centre.