Caluire-et-Cuire
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Métropole de Lyon | |
| Arrondissement | Lyon | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 48 ' N , 4 ° 51' E | |
| height | 165-275 m | |
| surface | 10.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 43,187 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4,133 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69300 | |
| INSEE code | 69034 | |
| Website | www.ville-caluire.fr | |
 Town hall of Caluire-et-Cuire |
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Caluire-et-Cuire is a commune with 43,187 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Métropole de Lyon in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Caluire-et-Cuire belonged to the canton of Caluire-et-Cuire until 2015 .
geography
Geographical location
Caluire-et-Cuire is a northern suburb of Lyons . The city lies between the Rhone , which forms the southeastern boundary and the Saône , which borders Caluire-et-Cuire in the northwest.
The municipality borders on the La Croix-Rousse district of Lyon to the south, Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or to the west, Fontaines-sur-Saône to the north, Rillieux-la-Pape to the northeast and Villeurbanne to the southeast .
City structure
Caluire-et-Cuire consists of the following neighborhoods:
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population
The inhabitants of Caluire-et-Cuire are called Caluirards . In terms of population, it is the fourth largest municipality in the greater Lyon area, after Lyon , Villeurbanne and Vénissieux .
Population development
| 1793 | 1821 | 1841 | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 |
| 2,500 | 2,773 | 4,705 | 8,774 | 9,740 | 10,926 | 12,882 | 15,760 |
| 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| 17,592 | 25,754 | 37,603 | 43,041 | 41,931 | 41,311 | 41,233 | 41,418 |
history
Caluire and Cuire used to be parishes in the former province of Franc-Lyonnais .
Incorporations
The municipality of Caluire-et-Cuire was founded in 1790 (officially 1797). It emerged from the merger of the municipality of Caluire with the municipality of Cuire, which was formerly part of the municipality of Cuire-la-Croix-Rousse.
politics
mayor
In 2008 Philippe Cochet was elected mayor by the UMP for a six-year term.
coat of arms
The reason, the facades and the yellow castles indicate that Caluire was a fortified city. The four yellow cornucopia on a blue background show that there used to be numerous vegetable farmers in the area. That is why it was important for the supply of the city of Lyon , as the golden lion on a red background shows.
Culture and sights
- Le Radiant: space for events
Buildings
- Maison des Frères des Écoles: facades and roofs of the main building with its two wings and its chapel
- The so-called "La Rivette" house: garden, portal, nymphaeum as well as facades, roofs, large parts of the ground floor and the chapel of the building
- Dr. Dugoujon
- Waterworks with pumps and basins The steam engine of the "Cornwall" type is particularly worth seeing.
Economy and Infrastructure
The most important companies are Perica, Rillieux, Securitas , Contitech-Anoflex , Apicil and ISS .
traffic
Caluire-et-Cuire has a connection to the Métro Lyon called Cuire .
Sports
The women footballers of SC Caluire Saint-Clair (since 2011: Caluire FF 1968 ) made the city famous throughout France, especially in the 1970s and 1980s.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Benoît Bergeon (1870–1947), politician
- Jacques Roubaud (* 1932), poet
- Victoria Sio (born 1985), singer
Personalities who have worked on site
- Eugène Villon , painter
- In the 1950s, lived here Abbe Pierre in the rue Eugène Villon .
