Montluel
Encyclopedia
Montluel is a commune
in the Ain
department in eastern France
.
It is situated on the outskirts of Lyon
. The inhabitants are known as Montluistes.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Ain
Ain
Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...
department in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
It is situated on the outskirts of Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
. The inhabitants are known as Montluistes.
Population
Personalities
- Claude André (1743-1818), Catholic Bishop of Quimper
- Pierre-Dominique Ségaud, writer and lawyer
- Joseph CrétinJoseph CrétinJoseph Crétin was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Cretin Avenue in St. Paul, Cretin-Derham Hall High School, and Cretin Hall at the University of St. Thomas are named for him....
(1799-1857), Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota - Paul Magaud (1805-?), botanist
- Pierre Cormorèche (born 1924), politician