Bourgoin-Jallieu
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin | |
| Canton | Bourgoin-Jallieu (main town) | |
| Community association | Porte de l'Isère | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 35 ' N , 5 ° 17' E | |
| height | 215-382 m | |
| surface | 24.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 28,387 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,165 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38300 | |
| INSEE code | 38053 | |
| Website | www.bourgoinjallieu.fr | |
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Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French town in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The inhabitants call themselves Berjalliens .
geography
The city with 28,387 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in the plain between Lyon in the north-west (50 km) and Grenoble in the south-east (64 km) in the valley of the Bourbre river . The airport Lyon-Saint-Exupery you drive 29 km.
economy
After the textile and chemical industry, which was oriented towards Lyon, ceased to exist in the wake of globalization, the city succeeded in attracting promising industries. So moved in 1990, the internationally renowned photovoltaic - Group Photowatt SAS Headquartered of Caen in Normandy to Bourgoin-Jallieu, where it now employs more than 700 people.
Town twinning
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Bergisch Gladbach , Germany, since 1956 -
Velsen , the Netherlands, since 1956 -
Rehau , Germany, since 1963
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Wujiang , China, since 1993 -
Conselice , Italy, since 1996 -
Dunstable , UK, since 2005
Sports
The place is known for the rugby union club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu , which is represented in the top 14 French league . In addition, Bourgoin-Jallieu was the starting point of the 19th stage of the Tour de France on July 24, 2009 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Jean-Pierre Andrevon (* 1937), science fiction author, painter and singer
- Victor Charreton (1864–1936), post-impressionist landscape painter
- Didier Cottaz (* 1967), racing car driver and entrepreneur
- Frédéric Dard (1921-2000), writer
- Alain Moyne-Bressand (* 1945), politician
- Alfred Spirli (* 1957), jazz musician
Web links
- Official website of the city
- City flyer (brochure) in German (PDF; 2.13 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photowatt Technologies - History ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Town twinning on the official homepage ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
