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Country
  
France

Department
  
Ain

Intercommunality
  
Colombier

Area
  
19.36 km²

Arrondissement
  
Belley

Region
  
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Canton
  
Seyssel

Population
  
2,931

Local time
  
Monday 12:31 PM

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 84% Humidity

Culoz is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.

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Map of 01350 Culoz, France

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 D904 road close to the point at which it crosses the D992 and is also an important railway junction: Culoz railway station is served by lines to Geneva, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Evian, 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
  • Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, American expatriate writers
  • Christophe Lemaitre, Sprinter, European Champion.

    • References

    Culoz Wikipedia
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