Bourgoin-Jallieu | |
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 Bourgoin-Jallieu city centre | |
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 Location of Bourgoin-Jallieu | |
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| Coordinates:45°35′10″N5°16′25″E / 45.5861°N 5.2736°E /45.5861; 5.2736 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin |
| Canton | Bourgoin-Jallieu |
| Intercommunality | CA Porte de l'Isère |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Vincent Chriqui[1] |
Area 1 | 24.37 km2 (9.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 29,816 |
| • Density | 1,223/km2 (3,169/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 (French pronunciation:[buʁɡwɛ̃ʒaljø]ⓘ;Arpitan:Brégon) is acommune in theIsèredepartment in the region ofAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast ofLyon. It was formed by the merger of the former communes Bourgoin and Jallieu in 1965.[3]
Bourgoin is located 32 km fromLyon, 17 km fromSt Priest, the first suburb and 70 km fromGrenoble. The town is next to the new town ofl'Isle-d'Abeau andSaint-Exupéry International Airport.
TheBourbre flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town.
Neighbourhoods in the municipality include:
Bourgoin-Jallieu has a population of about 28,000. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1962 and earlier refer to the former commune of Bourgoin. A small town of about 3,500 inhabitants around 1800 and 7,000 around 1900, its population has rapidly increased since the 1960s. Its inhabitants are calledBerjalliens.
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| Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bourgoin-Jallieu is home to the professionalrugby union clubCS Bourgoin-Jallieu, which competes in theFrench third division.
FC Bourgoin-Jallieu(fr) is the local association football team.
Both the football and the rugby clubs play at theStade Pierre Rajon.
The19th stage of the 2009Tour de France ran through the town.
Bourgoin-Jallieu istwinned with:[5]
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Conselice, Italy
Dunstable, England, United KingdomRehau, Germany
Velsen, Netherlands
Wujiang (Suzhou), China
Besides from being located in a region benefiting from the prestige ofLyon's gastronomy, Bourgoin-Jallieu is also the birthplace of chefGuy Savoy. Some of the most famous dishes of the city are the following:
Bourgoin-Jallieu is the birthplace ofFrédéric Dard, writer of theSan-Antonio book series.
| Climate data for Bourgoin-Jallieu, elevation 358 m (1,175 ft), (2003–2020 normals, extremes 2003–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.7 (76.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 32.6 (90.7) | 36.5 (97.7) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.0 (104.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 7.0 (44.6) | 16.8 (62.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 4.2 (39.6) | 12.4 (54.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) | 0.9 (33.6) | 3.8 (38.8) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.4 (50.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | 1.4 (34.5) | 8.1 (46.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) | −14.2 (6.4) | −10.6 (12.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | 1.5 (34.7) | 4.5 (40.1) | 9.0 (48.2) | 8.3 (46.9) | 3.9 (39.0) | −3.0 (26.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −13.3 (8.1) | −14.2 (6.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 61.1 (2.41) | 48.7 (1.92) | 57.6 (2.27) | 61.1 (2.41) | 81.8 (3.22) | 68.8 (2.71) | 73.5 (2.89) | 78.4 (3.09) | 64.0 (2.52) | 97.1 (3.82) | 86.8 (3.42) | 65.1 (2.56) | 844.0 (33.23) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.9 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 101.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[6] | |||||||||||||
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