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Le Bois-d'Oingt

Le Bois-d'Oingt
Place de la libération in Le Bois-d'Oingt
Place de la libération in Le Bois-d'Oingt
Coat of arms of Le Bois-d'Oingt
Coat of arms
Le Bois-d'Oingt is located in France
Le Bois-d'Oingt
Le Bois-d'Oingt
Coordinates: 45°55′16″N 4°35′10″E / 45.9211°N 4.5861°E / 45.9211; 4.5861Coordinates: 45°55′16″N 4°35′10″E / 45.9211°N 4.5861°E / 45.9211; 4.5861
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton Le Bois-d'Oingt
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Jean-Yves Trincat
Area1 5.13 km2 (1.98 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 2,387
 • Density 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 69024 /69620
Elevation 250–466 m (820–1,529 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bois-d'Oingt is a former commune located in the Rhône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, Le Bois-d'Oingt, Oingt and Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt merged becoming one commune of Val d'Oingt.

Le Bois d'Oingt's acreage is of 1.976 square mile (512 hectares), and it lies at 350 meters altitude.

The inhabitants of Bois d’Oingt are called the “buisantins”.


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