Oullins

Not to be confused with Oulins.

Oullins (French pronunciation: [ulɛ̃]) is a former commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.

Oullins
Part of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite
The town hall in Oullins
Coat of arms
Location of Oullins
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Coordinates: 45°42′54″N 4°48′30″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis	Lyon Metropolis
Arrondissement	Lyon
Commune	Oullins-Pierre-Bénite
Area 1	4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	27,343
• Density	6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	69600
Elevation	163–253 m (535–830 ft) (avg. 178 m or 584 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to it on the southwest. On 1 January 2024, Oullins merged with Pierre-Bénite to form the new commune of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite.^[2][3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,000 —     1800 1,761 −1.80% 1806 1,851 +0.83% 1821 1,852 +0.00% 1831 2,315 +2.26% 1836 2,944 +4.92% 1841 3,315 +2.40% 1846 3,319 +0.02% 1851 3,616 +1.73% 1856 5,703 +9.54% 1861 6,584 +2.91% 1866 7,010 +1.26% 1872 5,126 −5.08% 1876 5,674 +2.57% 1881 7,536 +5.84% 1886 7,189 −0.94% 1891 8,327 +2.98% 1896 9,085 +1.76%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 9,343 +0.56% 1906 10,284 +1.94% 1911 12,243 +3.55% 1921 14,089 +1.41% 1926 15,238 +1.58% 1931 16,652 +1.79% 1936 16,734 +0.10% 1946 18,300 +0.90% 1954 19,224 +0.62% 1962 24,356 +3.00% 1968 26,604 +1.48% 1975 27,772 +0.62% 1982 27,168 −0.31% 1990 26,129 −0.49% 1999 25,183 −0.41% 2007 25,605 +0.21% 2012 25,896 +0.23% 2017 26,273 +0.29%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

• Several Buses (C7, C10, 8, 12, 14, 17, 63, 88)
• Subway Line B in December 2013.
• Oullins station, which is part of the TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes rail network

Notable people

• Jean-Bryan Boukaka, footballer
• Barbara Buatois, cyclist
• Georges Charpy (1865–1945)
• Patrice Garande, footballer
• Sabrina Palie, basketball athlete
• Joseph Marie Jacquard
• Clémence Lortet, naturalist, botanist
• Louis Charles Émile Lortet, physician, botanist, zoologist and Egyptologist.
• Lionel Bah, professional football player
• Féthi Harek, professional football player
• Patrick de Gayardon, skydiver
• Charles Le Gendre, American Civil War general & first foreign advisor in Japan
• Dora Jemaa-Amirouche, Athlete(400m hurdles)
• Clément Turpin, football referee
• Olivier Panis, racing driver
• Jean-Louis Ubaud, politician

Twin towns

• Nürtingen, Germany, since 1962
• Pescia, Italy, since 1994

See also

• Communes of the Metropolis of Lyon