Beynost

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Beynost

Total population

4,877

Elevation174 m

Land area10.64 km²

Coordinates45.84°, 5.00°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Beynost is a commune in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. The commune is approximately 15 km from Lyon, and part of the unité urbaine de Lyon. Historically, Beynost is also part of the naturally forming region of Côtière. Beynost station has rail connections to Lyon, Ambérieu-en-Bugey and Chambéry.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Loïc Rémy

French footballer (born 1987)

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Jérémy Sapina

French footballer

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Jean Reverzy

French physician (1914–1959)

Cyril Dumoulin

French handball player

Jean Degottex

French painter (1918-1988)

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Romain Dedola

French footballer

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Pierre Thomas

French Catholic priest

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Flavien Michelini

France footballer

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Florent Perraud

footballer

Gérard Herzhaft

writer, historian, musicologist

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Hervé Riesen

French radio host

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Joseph Rossignol

French politician

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Pierre Burgeot

French politician (1886-1965)

René Leprince

French actor and director (1876-1929)

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Steven Frossard

motocross rider

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Julien Gibert

Footballer born 1978

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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  1.5 mi away · pop. 3,361
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  2.6 mi away · pop. 10,225
• Dagneux
  3.7 mi away · pop. 4,753
• Meyzieu
  4.4 mi away · pop. 35,882
• Saint-André-de-Corcy
  6.5 mi away · pop. 3,368
• Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or
  9 mi away · pop. 5,900
• Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or
  10 mi away · pop. 2,978
• Chavagneux
  10.4 mi away
• Reyrieux
  10.9 mi away · pop. 5,098
• Limonest
  11.1 mi away · pop. 3,838
• Crémieu
  14.3 mi away · pop. 3,490
• Anse
  15.2 mi away · pop. 7,947

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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