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![[Burgee of AUNV]](../images/f/fr-69~vf.gif)
Burgee of AUNV - Image by Ivan Sache, 22 May 2006
Villefranche-sur-Saône (31,213 inhabitants), the former capital city of
Beaujolais, is located on the river Saône, 30 km north of Lyon.
The rowing club Aviron Union Nautique Villefranche was founded in
1906. Its most famous member is Frédéric Dufour, silver medalist in the
Olympic Games of Athens in 2004. The burgee of the club is horizontally divided in four triangular stripes white-green-red-white with the French national flag in canton.
Source: AUNV website
Ivan Sache, 22 May 2006
![[YC du Rhone]](../images/f/fr-69~rh.gif)
Burgee of YCR - Image by Ivan Sache, 5 July 2003
Yacht Club du Rhône, founded in 1935, is based in Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or, a town located north of Lyon on the river Saône. Therefore, Rhône in the name of the yacht club refers to the department of Rhône and not directly to the river Rhône.
The burgee of YCR is a triangular white flag with a cross made of two horizontal blue stripes crossing two vertical red stripes.
Source: YCR website
Yacht Club du Rhône was founded as a subsidiary of Yacht Club de l'Ile-de-France, and its flag was derived from the YCIF flag.
Ivan Sache, 5 July 2003