Beaujeu, Rhône
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Commune of Beaujeu
 Coat of arms of Beaujeu |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 04° 35' 20" E |
| Latitude | 46° 09' 18" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
| Canton | Beaujeu |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 277 m–880 m (avg. 293 m) |
| Land area¹ | 17.85 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,905 |
| - Density (1999) | 106/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 69018/ 69430 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Beaujeu is a small town in the French département of Rhône, in the east-central Rhône-Alpes région of the country.
It is the name of Beaujeu which gives the local area, famous for its red wine, its name, Beaujolais.
[edit] History
Beaujeu was the historical capital of the Beaujolais, a former province of France.
Beaujolais was a semi-autonomous fiefdom of the Lords of Beaujeu; it was annexed by the French crown in 1531.
[edit] List of rulers
Lords:
- Berard of Beaujeu + c. 966
- Guichard I of Beaujeu c. 966-977
- Humbert I of Beaujeu + c. 977-1016
- Guichard II of Beaujeu c. 1016-1050
- Guichard III of Beaujeu c. 1050-1070
- Humbert II of Beaujeu c. 1070-1102
- Guichard IV of Beaujeu 1102-1137
- Humbert III of Beaujeu 1137-1174
- Humbert IV of Beaujeu 1174-1202
- Guichard V le Grand of Beaujeu 1202-1216
- Humbert V of Beaujeu 1216-1250
- Isabelle de Bauejeu 1250-1297
- Renaud I of Forez, count of Forez 1250-1297
- Louis de Beaujeu 1250-1295
- Guichard VI of Beaujeu 1295-1331
- Edouard I of Beaujeu 1331-1351
- Antoine of Beaujeu 1351-1374
- Edouard II of Beaujeu 1374-1400 (+1400 without succession)
The Lordship of Beaujolais and the Lordship of Dombes were sold in 1390 by Louis II of Bourbon.
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