Albigny-sur-Saône (, literally Albigny on Saône, before 1962: Albigny)Décret du 2 mars 1962 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0055, 7 March 1962, p. 2308. 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.
Surrounding communes Curis-au-Mont-d'Or Neuville-sur-Saône Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or
History On 1 January 2015 Albigny-sur-Saône left the department of Rhône to join the Metropolis of Lyon.
Population
See also Lyon Metropolis
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