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Oingt

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

MfraysOingt (Rhône) Vue aérienne en 2019 CC BY-SA 4.0
Barbichette (Wikimedia Commons user)OINGT Rue Trayne Cul CC BY-SA 3.0
Barbichette (Wikimedia Commons user)OINGT Stairs CC BY-SA 3.0
Barbichette (Wikimedia Commons user)OINGT View from the Chemin de ronde2 CC BY-SA 3.0
Barbichette (Wikimedia Commons user)OINGT View of the village CC BY-SA 3.0
Barbichette (Wikimedia Commons user)OINGT Voute CC BY-SA 3.0
LeogsTour d'Oingt CC BY-SA 3.0
Daniel CULSANVierge sur l'esplanade près de l'église d'Oingt CC BY-SA 4.0
Tarball69Village d'Oingt (Sud Beaujolais - Rhône)CC BY-SA 3.0
Daniel CULSANÉglise du village d'Oingt (Rhône)CC BY-SA 4.0

Golden limestone, coloured by iron oxide, is what Oingt is made of: a restored medieval village on a ridge at about 520 metres, looking over the Azergues valley in the Beaujolais. The Romans had a castrum here and planted the vines still grown around it, and the lords of Oingt left a 13th-century keep and the Nizy Gate. Their castle chapel is now the village church.

Highlights

The keep, open to visitors, with a Gallo-Roman capital on show
The Nizy Gate, survivor of the 13th-century castle
The church's Gothic choir, with eight carved columns and gilded statues
Marguerite d'Oingt, one of the first writers in Franco-Provençal (FR)
Exhibitions in the 15th-century former town hall

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Oingt (FR), Oingt (EN), Oingt (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 667

Events through the year

Oingt en Crèches Seasonal · DecemberOver a hundred handmade nativity scenes in streets and shop windows

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Oingt). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

SlasticBol d'aligotPublic domain
AligotDish
SlasticTrufada 1Public domain
TruffadeDish
Jessica SpenglerPuy lentils wooden bowl CC BY 2.0
Green lentil of Le PuyLocal produce
ThesupermatWikicheese-XX - Cantal entre-deux - 20180601 - 002 CC BY-SA 4.0
CantalCheese
Homer EctusSaint-Nectaire CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-nectaireCheese
PymoussWikicheese Clermont-Ferrand - Fourme d'Ambert 20220825-01 CC BY-SA 4.0
Fourme d'AmbertCheese

Adapted from Wikipedia (Cuisine auvergnate). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

No places to stay are mapped within 3 km.

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Natespa · ~49 min by car

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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