 Ville-sur-Jarnioux is part of the Pierres Dorées (golden stone) group of villages in the Beaujolais.The Pierres Dorées area comprises 38 communes where the homes and vineyard buildings were traditionally built from a local limestone rock that is naturally tinted with iron oxide, giving it a golden yellow colour.Ville-sur-Jarnioux is one a number of villages that contained an active quarry, and limited supplies of the golden stone are still quarried today.