- Genay, Rhône
French commune
nomcommune=Genay
région=Rhône-Alpes
département=Rhône
arrondissement=Lyon
canton=Neuville-sur-Saône
insee=69278
cp=69730
maire=Arthur Roche
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté urbaine de Lyon
longitude=4.841667
latitude=45.897500
alt moy=200 m
alt mini=167 m
alt maxi=301 m
hectares=849
km²=8.49
sans=4657
date-sans=1999
dens=548.53
date-dens=1999Genay is a commune in the Rhône "département" of central-eastern
France .Geography
Genay is situated about 20 kilometres to the north of
Lyon .Demographics
The number of inhabitants is also shown in the graphic below.
ImageSize = width:250 height:200 PlotArea = left:40 right:10 top:10 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1960 till:2010 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1960 PlotData = bar:6600 color:gray1 width:1 from:start till:end bar:4400 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:2200 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:0 color:gray1 LineData = layer:front points:(48,58)(84,67) color:blue width:2 #1962 tot 1968. Inwonertal 1962: 1458 1968: 1825 points:(84,67)(100,81) color:blue width:2 #1975: 2359 points:(100,81)(128,111) color:blue width:2 #1982: 3544 points:(128,111)(160,124) color:blue width:2 #1990: 4029 points:(160,124)(196,140) color:blue width:2 #1999: 4657 The data were acquired through the INSEE-counts).History
* Genay was the capital of
Franc-Lyonnais .
* It was reattached to the Rhône department in1968 .
* Entered theCommunauté urbaine de Lyon in1969 .External links
* [http://www.villedegenay.com/ Genay website]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=690278 Localisation of Genay on the map of France]
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