Oullins () is a former commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-eastern France. A suburb of the city of Lyon, it is adjacent to it to the southwest, on the right bank of the Rhône.

On 1 January 2024, Oullins merged with Pierre-Bénite to form the new commune of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite.

History

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1903.

Population

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

References

External links

• Official website (in French)