Culoz

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Culoz
Part of Culoz-Béon
Coat of arms
Location of Culoz
Culoz Location within France Show map of France Culoz Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°51′N 5°47′E / 45.85°N 5.78°E / 45.85; 5.78
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Plateau d'Hauteville
Commune	Culoz-Béon
Area 1	19.36 km2 (7.47 sq mi)
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Highest elevation	1,430 m (4,690 ft)
Lowest elevation	226 m (741 ft)
Population  (2022)	2,990
• Density	154/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	01350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Culoz (French pronunciation: [kylo] or [kyloz]) 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Culoz.

• (in French) The history of Culoz (plain text)
• (in French) Official Culoz website
• (in French) Tourism Office Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• (in French) Gazetteer Entry

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