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Oullins

Part of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Oullins

45°42′54″N 4°48′30″E / 45.71500°N 4.8083°E / 45.71500; 4.8083CountryFranceRegionAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesMetropolisLyon MetropolisArrondissementLyonCommuneOullins-Pierre-BéniteArea

4.4 km² (1.7 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

27,113 • Density6,200/km² (16,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

69600

Elevation163–253 m (535–830 ft)
(avg. 178 m or 584 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Oullins (French pronunciation: [ulɛ̃]) is a former commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.

It is a suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to it on the southwest. On 1 January 2024, Oullins merged with Pierre-Bénite to form the new commune of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite.^[2]^[3]

Population

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Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Transport

Several Buses (C7, C10, 8, 12, 14, 17, 63, 88)
Subway Line B in December 2013.
Oullins station, which is part of the TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes rail network

Notable people

Jean-Bryan Boukaka, footballer
Barbara Buatois, cyclist
Georges Charpy (1865–1945)
Patrice Garande, footballer
Sabrina Palie, basketball athlete
Joseph Marie Jacquard
Clémence Lortet, naturalist, botanist
Louis Charles Émile Lortet, physician, botanist, zoologist and Egyptologist.
Lionel Bah, professional football player
Féthi Harek, professional football player
Patrick de Gayardon, skydiver
Charles Le Gendre, American Civil War general & first foreign advisor in Japan
Dora Jemaa-Amirouche, Athlete(400m hurdles)
Clément Turpin, football referee
Olivier Panis, racing driver
Jean-Louis Ubaud, politician

Twin towns

Nürtingen, Germany, since 1962
Pescia, Italy, since 1994

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
^ "La commune d'Oullins-Pierre-Bénite officiellement créée". leprogres.fr. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ "Recueil des Actes Administratifs du Département du Rhône N°69-2023-285 publié le 14 décembre 2023" (pdf).
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Oullins, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE