Liergues

Liergues
Liergues
Part of Porte des Pierres Dorées
	The town hall in Liergues
	Location of Liergues
	Liergues Liergues
	Coordinates: 45°58′01″N 4°40′01″E / 45.967°N 4.667°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Le Bois-d'Oingt
Commune	Porte des Pierres Dorées
Area 1	5.32 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population (2019)	2,185
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	69400
Elevation	201–308 m (659–1,010 ft) ; (avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Liergues (French pronunciation: [ljɛʁɡ]) is a former commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Porte des Pierres Dorées.^[2] Its population was 2,185 in 2019.^[1]

Geography[edit]

The commune is crossed from south to north by the Merloup (or Merloux) which has its source in Theizé and flows into the Morgon, a tributary of the Saône (and therefore sub-tributary of the Rhône) at Gleizé.

Places and monuments[edit]

Foundation of the Covenant[edit]

The Foundation of the Covenant is the junction of monuments establishing a link between Japan Lyon Beaujolais and its surroundings, France through the emblematic figure of Miyamoto Musashi samurai lord belonging to the Japanese Imperial Treasury.

This set includes the Foundation of the Covenant, a Beaujolais stone stele and a flag in Jarnioux (Gate of Golden Stones), the Lyon-Japan Japan-France Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial and the Bronze Statue of Miyamoto Musashi in Gleizé ( Community of Communes of Villefranche-sur-Saône).