Culoz

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Culoz
Commune
The centre of Culoz
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°51′N 5°47′E / 45.85°N 5.78°E / 45.85; 5.78Coordinates: 45°51′N 5°47′E / 45.85°N 5.78°E / 45.85; 5.78
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Hauteville-Lompnes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck André-Masse[1]
Area 1	19.36 km2 (7.47 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	3,020
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01138 /01350
Elevation	226–1,430 m (741–4,692 ft) (avg. 237 m or 778 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Culoz (French pronunciation: ​[kylɔz]^[3][4] or [kylo]) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.

Geography[]

The town, which is situated on the right bank of the River Rhône just a few kilometres from the first foothills of the Alps, is dominated by the Grand Colombier: the highest summit of the southern end of the Jura mountain range.

Culoz lies on the D904 road close to the point at which it crosses the D992 and is also an important railway junction: Culoz railway station is served by lines to Geneva, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Evian, Aix-les-Bains, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Lyon, and Paris.

Personalities[]

• Henry Dunant, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1901, was one of the founders of the Red Cross
• The surgeon Antonin Poncet, who died in Culoz in 1951
• Brothers and Léon Serpollet, steam engineers
• Christophe Lemaitre,^[5] sprinter, European champion.

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Ain department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Culoz.

• (in French)The history of Culoz (plain text)
• (in French)Official Culoz website
• (in French)Tourism Office
• (in French)Gazetteer Entry

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