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Montluel (; frp, Montluèl) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...
department in eastern
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. It is situated on the outskirts of
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
. The inhabitants are known as ''Montluistes''.


Population


Personalities

* (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 *
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(1799-1857), Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota *Paul Magaud (1805-?), botanist *
Jules Gros Jules Marcel Gros (2 February 1890 – 25 December 1992) was a Breton linguist specializing in the Breton language. He was born in Paris. Gros' studies began very early in the twentieth century, from his grandmother and other people in his ...
(1829–1891), journalist and President of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guyana. * (1924–1999), politician


See also

*
Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Montluel
Communes of Ain Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ain-geo-stub