Bourgoin-Jallieu

Bourgoin-Jallieu
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Commune
	An aerial view of Bourgoin-Jallieu
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bourgoin-Jallieu
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	Coordinates: 45°35′10″N 5°16′25″E / 45.5861°N 5.2736°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Bourgoin-Jallieu
Intercommunality	Porte de l'Isère
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Vincent Chriqui
Area 1	24.37 km2 (9.41 sq mi)
Population (2014)	27,366
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38053 /38300
Elevation	254 m (833 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourgoin-Jallieu is a commune in the Isère department in the province of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France.

The city had 26,773 inhabitants in 2015 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon.

Geography

Bourgoin is located 32 km from Lyon, 17 km from St Priest, the first suburb and 70 km from Grenoble. The town is next to the new town of l'Isle-d'Abeau and Saint-Exupéry International Airport.

The Bourbre flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town.

Neighbourhoods in the municipality include:

Champfleuri
Funas
Champaret
Boussieu
La Grive
Montbernier
Planbourgoin
Pré-Bénit
Mozas
l'Oiselet

Population

Bougoin-Jallieu has a population of about 27,000 and last year it was about 25,000 or 26,000. In 1793 the population was 3368 and in 1800 it was 3595. The population has become larger mainly since the mid-20th century in Bourgoin-Jallieu.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,368	—
1800	3,595	+6.7%
1806	3,620	+0.7%
1821	3,780	+4.4%
1831	3,672	−2.9%
1836	4,235	+15.3%
1841	4,271	+0.9%
1846	4,394	+2.9%
1851	4,749	+8.1%
1856	4,400	−7.3%
1861	4,851	+10.3%
1866	4,853	+0.0%
1872	4,954	+2.1%
1876	5,021	+1.4%
1881	6,138	+22.2%
1886	6,345	+3.4%
1891	7,217	+13.7%
1896	6,659	−7.7%
1901	7,279	+9.3%
1906	7,163	−1.6%
1911	6,790	−5.2%
1921	6,162	−9.2%
1926	7,241	+17.5%
1931	8,020	+10.8%
1936	7,465	−6.9%
1946	7,699	+3.1%
1954	8,153	+5.9%
1962	9,240	+13.3%
1968	19,941	+115.8%
1975	21,971	+10.2%
1982	22,550	+2.6%
1990	22,392	−0.7%
1999	22,947	+2.5%
2006	23,659	+3.1%
2009	25,540	+8.0%
2015	26,773	+4.8%

Its inhabitants are called Berjalliens.

Personalities

Jean-Pierre Andrevon, science fiction author
Brahim Asloum, world boxing champion and Olympic gold medallist
Julien Bonnaire, rugby union player
Frédéric Dard, writer
Marc Cécillon, French rugby union player
Claudie Gallay, writer
Yvon Gattaz, businessman
Seyhan Kurt, poet,writer
Stéphane Glas, rugby union player
Kévin Monnet-Paquet, footballer
Marcelle Pardé, resistance member
Guy Savoy, chef

Sport

Bourgoin-Jallieu is home to the rugby union club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, which competes in the D2 French national championship.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Bourgoin-Jallieu is twinned with:

Culture

Gastronomy

Besides from being located in a region benefiting from the glow of the Lyon gastronomy, Bourgoin-Jallieu is also the birthplace of the Chef Guy Savoy. Some of the most famous dishes of the city are the following:

The chaudelets
The brioche de Bourgoin
The Isernoix
The San-Antonio chocolate
The Grande Dauphine
The Galet du Bion

Literature

Bourgoin-Jallieu is the birthplace of Frédéric Dard, writer of San-Antonio book serie.

References

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External links

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