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stone castle halfway up the Saint Gerald hill. The Castle of Saint Gerald was the residence of the canons representing the archbishop in Givors. The castle was destroyed in 1591 when Givors was stormed by the troops of
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officially recognizes that the province belonged to the
Kingdom of France. In the 12th century the current city of Givors came into the possession of the Archbishop of Lyon, who was both temporal and spiritual leader of the region. In 1208 the archbishop of Lyon, Renaud de Forez, decided to build a
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481:Industrial growth and decline
463:Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
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1015:Canal de Givors: Structurae
980:"Commune de Givors (69091)"
435:Pilat Regional Natural Park
259:1,200/km (3,100/sq mi)
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1027:Chaulanges & Page 1948
959:"Populations légales 2021"
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282: • Summer (
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256: • Density
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1214:Curis-au-Mont-d'Or
759:Jean-François Bony
733:1996 Olympic Games
704:Algerian community
541:Metropolis of Lyon
527:Revolution of 1848
488:Louis XV of France
372:Metropolis of Lyon
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70:Location of Givors
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446:Early years
381:in eastern
165: /
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1369:Saint-Fons
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1083:2013-08-25
1065:2013-08-25
1060:Structurae
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923:References
918:, Portugal
838:Aïn Bénian
825:Twin towns
547:Population
419:crossroads
415:Mont Pilat
248:Population
224:Government
201:Metropolis
150:45°35′29″N
1434:Vernaison
1339:Quincieux
928:Citations
866:, Belarus
853:, Germany
840:, Algeria
531:fr:Givors
452:Segusiavi
318:Elevation
291:UTC+02:00
270:UTC+01:00
265:Time zone
153:4°46′10″E
1465:Lyonnais
1314:Montanay
1284:Limonest
1219:Dardilly
1209:Craponne
1189:Chassieu
903:Gavinané
761:- artist
710:Algerian
397:and the
389:Location
1409:Solaize
1304:Meyzieu
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1048:Sources
1041:, INSEE
892:, Italy
890:Orvieto
879:, Spain
877:Alacuás
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598:±% p.a.
570:and on
441:History
425:. The
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368:commune
366:) is a
360:Arpitan
328:Website
178:Country
31:Commune
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1274:Irigny
1269:Grigny
1264:Givors
1234:Feyzin
1229:Écully
1199:Corbas
1184:Charly
905:, Mali
851:Döbeln
814:player
780:player
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726:judoka
699:People
687:+0.57%
684:19,975
676:+0.08%
673:19,419
665:+0.60%
662:19,345
654:−0.78%
651:18,437
643:−0.47%
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629:20,544
621:+2.06%
618:21,968
607:19,048
431:Vienne
383:France
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364:Givôrs
347:Givors
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251:20,654
189:Region
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127:Givors
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1259:Genay
984:Insee
681:2017
670:2012
659:2007
648:1999
637:1990
626:1982
615:1975
604:1968
507:Loire
423:Loire
395:Rhone
310:69091
303:INSEE
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1159:Bron
720:and
593:Pop.
589:Year
519:Lyon
403:Lyon
399:Gier
295:CEST
240:Area
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735:in
517:to
374:in
284:DST
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