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Montluel
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Montluel
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Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 5°03′18″E / 45.85°N 5.055°E / 45.85; 5.055
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Meximieux
Intercommunality	La Côtière à Montluel
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Anne Fabiano [1]
Area 1	40.11 km2 (15.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	6,838
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01262 /01120
Elevation	192–312 m (630–1,024 ft) (avg. 199 m or 653 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montluel (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃lɥɛl] ^ⓘ; Arpitan: Montluèl) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

It is situated on the outskirts of Lyon. The inhabitants are known as Montluistes.

Population

Personalities

• Claude André [ fr] (1743-1818), Catholic Bishop of Quimper
• André d'Arbelles (1767–1825), younger brother of the above, journalist and historiographer
• Pierre-Dominique Ségaud (1784–1821), writer and lawyer
• Joseph Crétin (1799-1857), Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Paul Magaud (1805-?), botanist
• Jules Gros (1829–1891), journalist and President of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guyana. ^[4]
• Pierre Cormorèche [ fr] (1924–1999), politician

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

External links

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