Culoz ( or ) 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.

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 D 904 road close to the point at which it crosses the D 992 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, sprinter, European champion.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

External links

• The history of Culoz (plain text)

• Official Culoz website

• Tourism Office

• Gazetteer Entry