Chessy | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Chessy-les-Mines (Rhône).svg |
Arrondissement: | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
Canton: | Val d'Oingt |
Insee: | 69056 |
Postal Code: | 69380 |
Mayor: | Thierry Padilla-Quintana[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Beaujolais Pierres Dorées |
Coordinates: | 45.8881°N 4.6242°W |
Elevation M: | 205 |
Elevation Min M: | 211 |
Elevation Max M: | 342 |
Area Km2: | 4.55 |
Chessy (pronounced as /fr/), also known as Chessy-les-Mines (pronounced as /fr/), 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."[2] The species was redescribed and renamed in 1824 by François-Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850), French mineralogist and geologist.[3]