Chessy, Rhône

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Chessy

(2020–2026) Thierry Padilla-Quintana^[1]Area

4.55 km² (1.76 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,069 • Density450/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69056 /69380

Elevation211–342 m (692–1,122 ft)
(avg. 205 m or 673 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chessy (French: [ʃɛsi] ^ⓘ), also known as Chessy-les-Mines ([ʃɛsi le min]), is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Chessy-les-Mines is the type locality of the mineral azurite, also known as "chessylite."^[3] The species was redescribed and renamed in 1824 by François-Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850), French mineralogist and geologist.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	942	—
1975	977	+0.52%
1982	1,098	+1.68%
1990	1,262	+1.76%
1999	1,313	+0.44%
2007	1,529	+1.92%
2012	1,824	+3.59%
2017	2,063	+2.49%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Chessy-les-Mines at Mindat.org
^ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE