Bourgoin-Jallieu

Bourgoin-Jallieu
Coat of arms
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Bourgoin-Jallieu
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Bourgoin-Jallieu
Intercommunality	Porte de l'Isère
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Vincent Chriqui
Area1	24.37 km2 (9.41 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	25,540
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38053 / 38300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourgoin-Jallieu is a commune in the Isère department of south-eastern France.

It lies 35 kilometres to the east-southeast of the city of Lyon.

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,368	—
1800	3,595	+6.7%
1806	3,620	+0.7%
1821	3,780	+4.4%
1831	3,672	−2.9%
1836	4,235	+15.3%
1841	4,271	+0.9%
1846	4,394	+2.9%
1851	4,749	+8.1%
1856	4,400	−7.3%
1861	4,851	+10.3%
1866	4,853	+0.0%
1872	4,954	+2.1%
1876	5,021	+1.4%
1881	6,138	+22.2%
1886	6,345	+3.4%
1891	7,217	+13.7%
1896	6,659	−7.7%
1901	7,279	+9.3%
1906	7,163	−1.6%
1911	6,790	−5.2%
1921	6,162	−9.2%
1926	7,241	+17.5%
1931	8,020	+10.8%
1936	7,465	−6.9%
1946	7,699	+3.1%
1954	8,153	+5.9%
1962	9,240	+13.3%
1968	19,941	+115.8%
1975	21,971	+10.2%
1982	22,550	+2.6%
1990	22,392	−0.7%
1999	22,947	+2.5%
2006	23,659	+3.1%
2009	25,540	+8.0%

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
• Yvon Gattaz, businessman
• Seyhan Kurt, poet,writer
• Stéphane Glas, rugby union player
• Kévin Monnet-Paquet, footballer
• Marcelle Pardé, resistance member
• Guy Savoy, chef

Sport

Bourgoin-Jallieu is home to the rugby union club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, which competes in the D2 French national championship.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns – Sister cities

Bourgoin-Jallieu is twinned with:

• Dunstable, United Kingdom
• Rehau, Germany
• Mut, Turkey
• Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
• Conselice, Italy
• Wujiang, China
• Essouassi, Tunisia

Culture

Gastronomy

La Brioche de Bourgoin

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

• The chaudelets
• The brioche de Bourgoin
• The Isernoix
• The San-Antonio chocolate
• The Grande Dauphine
• The Galet du Bion

Literature

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

See also

• CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

External links

• Official website (French)