Montluel

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{{short description|Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}}

{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Montluel}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Montluel

|commune status = Commune

|image = Hôtel de ville de Montluel en octobre 2017 (3).jpg

|caption = Town hall

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Montluel (Ain).svg

|arrondissement = Bourg-en-Bresse

|canton = Meximieux

|INSEE = 01262

|postal code = 01120

|mayor = Anne Fabiano{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr|access-date=30 September 2022|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628030259/https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|url-status=live}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = La Côtière à Montluel

|coordinates = {{coord|45.85|5.055|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 199

|elevation min m = 192

|elevation max m = 312

|area km2 = 40.11

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Montluel ({{IPA|fr|mɔ̃lɥɛl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Montluel.wav}}; {{langx|frp|Montluèl}}) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

It is situated on the outskirts of Lyon. The inhabitants are known as Montluistes.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-01262#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726094827/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-01262#ancre-POP_T1 |date=26 July 2022 }}, INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |3528

|1975 |4604

|1982 |5450

|1990 |5954

|1999 |6454

|2007 |6635

|2012 |7112

|2017 |6964

}}

Personalities

  • {{Interlanguage link|Claude André|fr}} (1743-1818), Catholic Bishop of Quimper
  • André d'Arbelles (1767–1825), younger brother of the above, journalist and historiographer
  • Pierre-Dominique Ségaud (1784–1821), writer and lawyer
  • Joseph Crétin (1799-1857), Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Paul Magaud (1805-?), botanist
  • Jules Gros (1829–1891), journalist and President of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guyana.{{cite web|url=http://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=110335|title=GROS Jules|website=Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques|access-date=30 March 2021|language=fr|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606072617/http://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=110335|url-status=live}}
  • {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Cormorèche|fr}} (1924–1999), politician

See also

References

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