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Fleurie
Fleurie
is a
commune
in the
Rhône department
in
eastern
France
.
Medieval
charters
record
Fleurie as
Floriacum
.
Fleurie AOC
is a division of the
Beaujolais
wine region
. In the
1970s
the
British Conservative
politician
and tax fugitive
Ernest Marples
owned
a Fleurie
château
and
vineyard
, to which he
retired
after fleeing from an
Inland Revenue
investigation
in
1975
.
Notable
residents
Désiré Charnay,
archaeologist
specializing in
Mayan
and
Aztec
studies