Neuville-sur-Saône
Encyclopedia
Neuville-sur-Saône is a commune
in the Rhône department in eastern France
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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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Surrounding communes
- Genay
- MontanayMontanayMontanay is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France....
- Fleurieu-sur-SaôneFleurieu-sur-SaôneFleurieu-sur-Saône is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.-External links:*...
- Albigny-sur-SaôneAlbigny-sur-SaôneAlbigny-sur-Saône is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.-Surrounding communes:* Curis-au-Mont-d'Or* Neuville-sur-Saône* Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or-References:*...
Notable people
- Jacques Chauviré, physician and novellist
- Adrien Ducrot et Ambroise Pauffert, designers, benefactors of the commune
- Émile Guimet, industrialist, benefactor of the commune.
- André Latreille, lecturer and historian.
- Auguste et Louis Lumière, designer of the cinematograph.
- Camille de Neufville de VilleroyCamille de Neufville de VilleroyCamille de Neufville de Villeroy was archbishop and count of Lyon and primate of the Gauls from 1653 to 1693. He was the second of five sons of Charles I de Neufville de Villeroy, marquis d'Halincourt, and grandson of Nicolas IV de Neufville de Villeroy, minister to the kings of France...
, archbishop of Lyons. - Antoine-Michel Perrache, engineer and artist.
- Marie-Thérèse Prost, pharmacist, founder of the N'Den leper colonyLeper colonyA leper colony, leprosarium, or lazar house is a place to quarantine leprous people.-History:Leper colonies or houses became widespread in the Middle Ages, particularly in Europe and India, and often run by monastic orders...
(CamerounCamerounCameroun was a French and British mandate territory in central Africa, now constituting the majority of the territory of the Republic of Cameroon....
). - Gabriel et Jacques VoisinGabriel VoisinGabriel Voisin was an aviation pioneer and the creator of Europe's first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of a sustained , circular, controlled flight, including take-off and landing. It was flown by Henry Farman on January 13, 1908 near Paris, France...
, plane and car makers.