Oullins
{{Distinguish|Oulins}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Oullins
|commune = Oullins-Pierre-Bénite
|image = Hôtel de Ville d'Oullins.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Oullins
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Oullins (Rhône).svg
|arrondissement = Lyon
|canton =
|INSEE = 69149
|postal code = 69600
|coordinates = {{coord|45.71500|4.8083|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 178
|elevation min m = 163
|elevation max m = 253
|area km2 = 4.4
|population = 27343
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}
}}
Oullins ({{IPA|fr|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.leprogres.fr/politique/2023/12/15/la-commune-d-oullins-pierre-benite-officiellement-creee|title=La commune d’Oullins-Pierre-Bénite officiellement créée|date=15 December 2023|website=leprogres.fr|accessdate=15 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Recueil des Actes Administratifs du Département du Rhône N°69-2023-285 publié le 14 décembre 2023 |url=https://www.rhone.gouv.fr/contenu/telechargement/57862/395417/file/RAA_69-2023-285-141223.pdf |format=pdf}}
Population
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|25917|Oullins}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-69149#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2000
|1800 |1761
|1806 |1851
|1821 |1852
|1831 |2315
|1836 |2944
|1841 |3315
|1846 |3319
|1851 |3616
|1856 |5703
|1861 |6584
|1866 |7010
|1872 |5126
|1876 |5674
|1881 |7536
|1886 |7189
|1891 |8327
|1896 |9085
|1901 |9343
|1906 |10284
|1911 |12243
|1921 |14089
|1926 |15238
|1931 |16652
|1936 |16734
|1946 |18300
|1954 |19224
|1962 |24356
|1968 |26604
|1975 |27772
|1982 |27168
|1990 |26129
|1999 |25183
|2007 |25605
|2012 |25896
|2017 |26273
}}
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
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Oullins}}
- [http://www.ville-oullins.fr/ Official website] (in French)
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