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Bourgoin-Jallieu (French pronunciation: [buʁɡwɛ̃ ʒaljø] ; Arpitan: Brégon) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the former communes Bourgoin and Jallieu in 1965.




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


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 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
Simon Gachet, racing driver
Claudie Gallay, writer
Yvon Gattaz, businessman
Amine Gouiri, footballer
Seyhan Kurt, poet, writer
Stéphane Glas, rugby union player
Kévin Monnet-Paquet, footballer
Timothé Nadim, anti-bullying activist
Marcelle Pardé, resistance member
Guy Savoy, chef




Sport


Bourgoin-Jallieu is home to the professional rugby union club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, which competes in the Second Division French national championship.
FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (fr) is the local association football team.
Both the football and the rugby clubs play at the Stade Pierre Rajon.
The 19th stage of the 2009 Tour de France ran through the town.




International relations



Bourgoin-Jallieu is twinned with:




Culture






= Gastronomy

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

chaudelets
brioche de Bourgoin
Isernoix
San-Antonio chocolate
Grande Dauphine
Galet du Bion
La Grise de Bazas




= Literature

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




See also


CS Bourgoin-Jallieu




References






External links



Official website (in French)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Isère
• Kévin Monnet-Paquet
• Malo Gusto
• Arondisemen La Tour-du-Pin
• Bryan Mbeumo
• TER Rhône Alpes
• Daftar stasiun SNCF di Rhône-Alpes
• Arondisemen Vienne
• Allevard
• Arondisemen Grenoble
• CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
• Bourgoin-Jallieu
• FC Bourgoin-Jallieu
• Canton of Bourgoin-Jallieu
• Sébastien Chabal
• 2024–25 Coupe de France
• Stéphane Bourgoin
• Jérémy Clément
• Malo Gusto
• Jonathan Kpoku