Pomeys
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Pomeys
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Coordinates: 45°39′02″N 4°26′41″E / 45.6506°N 4.4447°E / 45.6506; 4.4447
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Lyon
Canton	Vaugneray
Intercommunality	CC des Monts du Lyonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Goutagny[1]
Area 1	13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,132
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	69155 /69590
Elevation	502–764 m (1,647–2,507 ft) (avg. 760 m or 2,490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

History

The legend traces the origins of the parish of St Martin de Pomeys (village name) to the life of the great apostle of the French countryside: St. Martin. Returning from his homeland of Hungary, the bishop of Tours would have stopped at the inexhaustible fountain known as the "fountain St Martin". He would have left there, engraved on the stone, the mark with his stick. This fountain is located on the "raitchemin de St Martin" on the way to the bois de Pomeys.