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Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
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  Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost  Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost | |
| Coordinates:45°50′00″N4°58′00″E / 45.8333°N 4.9667°E /45.8333; 4.9667 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| Canton | Miribel |
| Intercommunality | CC de Miribel et du Plateau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Pierre Goubet[1] |
Area 1 | 6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,243 |
| • Density | 607/km2 (1,570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01376 /01700 |
| Elevation | 172–315 m (564–1,033 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃mɔʁisdəbeno]ⓘ; literally "Saint-Maurice ofBeynost") is acommune in theAindepartment, in theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpesregion, located at about 15 km (9 mi) fromLyon.
The commune is included in thecanton of Miribel and in theintercommunality ofcommunauté de communes de Miribel et du Plateau.
A small farming village at the beginning of the20th century, the commune of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost became an industrial town in the 1920s, following the construction of the second textile factory of the "Lyon Society ofArtificial Silk". The need for workers in this factory led to a quadrupling of the population in just five years, between 1926 and 1931. Today, the factory, which belongs to the Japanese groupToray Industries, is still the main employer in the city with nearly five hundred employees.
The inhabitants of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost are calledMauriciens.
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