Gleizé

Gleizé is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Gleizé
Commune
The church in Gleizé
Location of Gleizé
Gleizé Gleizé
Coordinates: 45°59′24″N 4°41′51″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Gleizé
Intercommunality	Villefranche Beaujolais Saône
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ghislain de Longevialle
Area ^1	10.46 km^2 (4.04 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,472
• Density	710/km^2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	69092 /69400
Elevation	181–292 m (594–958 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Culture and heritage

Places and monuments

• Castle of Vaurenard : This is where the Baron de Richemont died.
• Castle Montfleury.
• Castle of Saint-Fonds.
• Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial.

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  Castle of Vaurenard
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  Castle of Saint-Fonds
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  Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial

Personalities

• Baron de Richemont, died in Gleizé August 10, 1853, French crook who pretended to be Louis XVII.
• Kevin Joss-Rauze, born in Gleizé, professional basketball player.
• Rudy Molard, a French road cyclist, was born there.

International relations

Sister-City

• Ōhara, Okayama Prefecture, (Japan)

Since March 4, 1999, the village of Ōhara located in the Japanese province of Mimasaka cradle of Miyamoto Musashi is twinned with the inhabitants of Gleizé in the presence of Sensei Tadashi Chihara tenth descendant of Miyamoto Musashi under the mandate of Ōhara Mayor Yuki Hiroshi, as well as the mayor of Gleizé Mrs. Élisabeth Lamure.[2] This event was extended by the official invitation of Japan for May 20, 2000 in Ōhara. With the new mayor Fukuda Yoshiaki, and the arrival of the mayor of Gleizé, the inauguration of the Budokan Miyamoto Musashi [3] took place with several Japanese authorities. The Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial in Gleizé guarantees the memory of these relations as well as the regions and countries that officially joined him ; successively Japan, France, Cambodia, ASEAN, Russia and at the same time, the province of Mimasaka, the Rhône-Alpes region, the Center region and the Burgundy region.

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  Gleizé is twinned with Ōhara since March 4, 1999. Document signed by the Mayor of Ōhara and Chihara Tadashi Sensei, tenth descendant of Miyamoto Musashi.
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  Official publication of Gleizé City Hall - May, 1999. Sensei Tadashi Chihara tenth descendant of Miyamoto Musashi, Élisabeth Lamure, Ghislain de Longevialle.
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  Tadashi Chihara Sensei and Élisabeth Lamure during the transmission of the name of the school, the Miyamoto Musashi dojo of Gleizé represents the Miyamoto Musashi School in Japan.
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  On May 20, 2000, the inaugural speech of the Budokan Miyamoto Musashi by Elisabeth Lamure wearing the Japanese cockade.

• Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture (Japan) - Sister city agreement concluded on March 4, 1999

Sites

• Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial

See also

• Communes of the Rhône department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "France 3 report. Miyamoto Musashi Dojo". vimeo.com.
3. "Musashi Miyamoto honoring Musashi Budokan".