Beynost

Beynost
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Miribel
Community association	Miribel et Plateau
Coordinates	45 ° 50 ′ N , 5 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ N , 5 ° 0 ′ E
height	174-322 m
surface	10.64 km 2
Residents	4,613 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	434 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	01700
INSEE code	01043
Website	www.beynost.fr
	; Town Hall ( Mairie ) of Beynost

Beynost is a French municipality with 4613 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Miribel in the Bourg-en-Bresse arrondissement and is a member of the Miribel et Plateau community .

geography

Beynost is located at 204 m , about 15 kilometers northeast of the city of Lyon and 44 km south-southwest of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (as the crow flies) in the Côtière countryside . The area of the 10.64 km ² municipality includes both part of the alluvial valley of the Rhône and part of the high plateau of the Dombes . An approximately 100 m high edge separates the two parts. The village lies entirely in the lower section and forms a continuous development with the neighboring towns of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost and La Boisse . The municipal area extends as far as the Parc de Miribel-Jonage and is crossed by the Canal de Miribel , an artificially created tributary of the Rhône, which leads from Jons to Caluire-et-Cuire . The municipality is drained by the Sereine , which , coming from Montluel , defines the border with the neighboring municipality of Thil and flows into the Canal de Miribel.

Neighboring communities of Beynost are Tramoyes in the north, La Boisse in the east, and the Thil in the Rhône region of France located Meyzieu in the south and Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost in the West.

history

Remains of a Gallo-Roman villa, as well as Roman bricks and inscriptions were found on the parish grounds in the area of the medieval church . In the 13th century, Beynost, whose church building is mentioned for the first time in 1183, belonged to the lands of the Lords of Montluel. During the first half of the 14th century the ownership changed several times, and Beynost came to the Dauphin of Viennois in 1317 , then under the French crown in 1343 and to the Counts of Savoy in 1355 . With the Treaty of Lyon , the region came to France in 1601. Until the French Revolution , the place belonged to the province of Bresse , then to the canton of Montluel and from 1982 to the newly separated canton Miribel .

First Saint-Julien Church of Beynost

Attractions

The original parish church of Saint-Julien was built in the 12th century. Over the centuries it underwent a number of changes: the nave and apse were enlarged and four side chapels were added. After the church was decommissioned in 1908 and all its furniture was transferred to a new building, the community used the building as a ballroom from 1911 to 1989. The new Beynost church, a few hundred meters away, is also dedicated to Saint Julien.

Villa Monderoux in Beynost

The oldest parts of the Villa Monderoux date back to the 16th century, but the various owners have expanded it several times. It came to the community in 2003 and uses it as a cultural center, and it has a parc that is registered as a cultural heritage site.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1962	1,386
1968	1,763
1975	2,311
1982	2.714
1990	3.141
1999	3,530
2006	4.174
2011	4,471

With 4613 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Beynost is one of the medium-sized communities in the Ain department. After the number of inhabitants remained constant at around 900 until the first quarter of the 20th century, it has since increased constantly to today's values. The local residents of Beynost are called Beynolan (e) s in French .

Economy and Infrastructure

In Beynost there are several hundred companies of various sizes, from sole proprietorships to industrial or trading companies with a few hundred employees. A large part of the working population are also commuters who work mainly in the similarly structured neighboring towns and the greater Lyon area.

Beynost has a stop on the Lyon – Genève railway line , which runs east-west across the municipality. The department road D1084 crosses the village. As the former N84 , it connects Lyon with Nantua and is also part of the highway connection between Lyon and western Switzerland. The A42 motorway also runs through the municipality and has a toll station there, the next connection is 2 km away in the neighboring town of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost. The east bypass of Lyon ( A432 motorway ) and the LGV Rhône-Alpes high-speed route also run on the north-western edge of the municipality . Both overcome the edge of the terrain to the plateau of the Dombes by means of elongated viaducts. The nearest airport is Lyon-Saint-Exupéry , 15 km away (as the crow flies).

education

In Beynost there is a pre-school ( école maternelle ), a state primary school ( école élémentaire ) and a comprehensive school ( collège ).

Personalities

Tomb (left) of Alexandre and Jean Lacassagne in Beynost

Alexandre Lacassagne (1843–1924), French doctor and criminologist, is buried in Beynost.
His son Jean Lacassagne (1886–1960), a French doctor and argotologist , is also buried in Beynost.

Web links

Commons : Beynost - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Beynost

Individual evidence

^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 157 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Marie-Claude Guigue: Topography Historique du Département de l'Ain . Bourg-en-Bresse et Lyon, A. Brun, 1873, p. 36 (French, online [accessed January 18, 2014]).
↑ É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 41 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
↑ Décret no 82-87 du 25 January 1982 portant modification et création de cantons dans divers départements. In: Légifrance . Retrieved August 10, 2014 (French).
↑ ^a ^b Subpage De l'histoire au patrimoine . In: Official website of the municipality. Retrieved August 11, 2014 (French).
↑ Parc du Clos de Monderoux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
↑ Beynost - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on August 11, 2014 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
↑ La Côtière railway viaduct. In: Structurae
^ La Côtière motorway viaduct. In: Structurae

[buisson-1] André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 157 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).

[guigue-2] Marie-Claude Guigue: Topography Historique du Département de l'Ain . Bourg-en-Bresse et Lyon, A. Brun, 1873, p. 36 (French, online [accessed January 18, 2014]).

[philipon-3] É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 41 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).

[canton_miribel-4] Décret no 82-87 du 25 January 1982 portant modification et création de cantons dans divers départements. In: Légifrance . Retrieved August 10, 2014 (French).

[patrimoine-5] Subpage De l'histoire au patrimoine . In: Official website of the municipality. Retrieved August 11, 2014 (French).

[parc_monderoux-6] Parc du Clos de Monderoux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).

[cassini-7] Beynost - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on August 11, 2014 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).

[pont_cotiere_train-8] La Côtière railway viaduct. In: Structurae

[pont_cotiere-9] La Côtière motorway viaduct. In: Structurae