Culoz

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Part of Culoz-Béon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Culoz

45°51′N 5°47′E / 45.85°N 5.78°E / 45.85; 5.78CountryFranceRegionAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesDepartmentAinArrondissementBelleyCantonPlateau d'HautevilleCommuneCuloz-BéonArea

19.36 km² (7.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

2,997 • Density150/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

01350

Elevation226–1,430 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: [kyloz]^[2]^[3] or [kylo]) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Culoz-Béon.^[4]

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, Évian-les-Bains, 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 Henry and Léon Serpollet, steam engineers
Christophe Lemaitre,^[5] sprinter, European champion.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,412	—
1975	2,523	+0.64%
1982	2,630	+0.60%
1990	2,639	+0.04%
1999	2,622	−0.07%
2007	2,957	+1.51%
2012	2,940	−0.12%
2017	3,035	+0.64%
Source: INSEE^[6]

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
^ MAIRIE DE CULOZ, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-07-29
^ Interview - Franck Andre-Masse / Maire de Culoz, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-07-29
^ "ARRETE portant création de la commune nouvelle de Culoz-Béon" (PDF). Préfecture de l'Ain. 15 December 2022. pp. 45–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
^ Culoz celebrates Lemaitre after the European Championship, 2010
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE