Formerly known as Vimy, this commune of edge of Saone, to 17 km north of Lyon knew its rise in the 17th century with the arrival of Monseigneur Camille de Neufville de Villeroy then with that of the big manufactures in the 19th century, such SANOFI. It keeps from these times a remarkable heritage and an undeniable attractiveness for all the basin of the Val de Saône.