Bourgoin-Jallieu is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Isère

Isère

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 department of south-eastern France

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.

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

Lyon

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. Its inhabitants are called Berjalliens.

Geography

Bourgoin is located 32 km from Lyon

Lyon

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, 17 km from St Priest

Saint-Priest, Rhône

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,
the first suburb and 70 km from Grenoble

Grenoble

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. The town is next to the new town of l'Isle-d'Abeau

L'Isle-d'Abeau

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 and Saint-Exupéry International Airport

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.

The Bourbre

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 flows north-westward 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

People from Bourgoin-Jallieu

• Jean-Pierre Andrevon
  Jean-Pierre Andrevon
  Jean-Pierre Andrevon is a French science fiction author. He has used the pseudonym Alphonse Brutsche for novels published under the Fleuve Noir label. In addition to his regular authorship, he has written scenarios for several prominent comics artists, among others Georges Pichard and Caza,...
  
  , science fiction author
• Brahim Asloum
  Brahim Asloum
  Brahim Asloum born January 31, 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French boxer. He won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Asloum is the former WBA light flyweight world champion.- Olympic results :...
  
  , world boxing champion and Olympic gold medallist
• Julien Bonnaire
  Julien Bonnaire
  Julien Bonnaire is a French rugby union footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Top 14 competition in France until the 2006–2007 season...
  
  , rugby union player
• Frédéric Dard
  Frédéric Dard
  Frédéric Dard was a French writer and author of the San-Antonio series..-Biography:...
  
  , writer
• Marc Cécillon
  Marc Cécillon
  Marc Cécillon is a former French rugby union player, who captained the national side on five occasions. He represented France from 1988 to 1995, with 46 test caps, including playing in the 1991 and 1995 World Cups...
  
  , French rugby union player
• Yvon Gattaz, businessman
• Seyhan Kurt
  Seyhan Kurt
  - Biography :Born in Grenoble, Isère, France, he started his primary education at La Verpillere, Ecole Les Marronnier and completed it at Ecole Jean Jaures in Lyon. He graduated from Dumlupinar High School in Mersin and continued his education in Selcuk University in Konya and studied French...
  
  , poet,writer
• Stéphane Glas
  Stéphane Glas
  Stéphane Glas is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Francais Paris in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He previously played for Bourgoin. He has also represented France well over 30 times...
  
  , rugby union player
• Kévin Monnet-Paquet
  Kévin Monnet-Paquet
  Kévin Monnet-Paquet is a French football player who currently plays for FC Lorient. He primarily plays as an out and out striker. Monnet-Paquet, who is nicknamed KMP, has represented France at under-18 and under-19 level. He has also appeared for Lens five times in the UEFA Cup...
  
  , footballer
• Marcelle Pardé, resistance member
• Guy Savoy
  Guy Savoy
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  , chef

Sport

Bourgoin-Jallieu is home to the rugby union club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club currently competing in the second level of the French league system in the Pro D2. The club have been runners-up in the French championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir competitions, and have won the Challenge Cup.Founded in 1906 as "Club...

, which competes in the Top 14 French national championship.

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