Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Thil, 11km from Musee de l'Automobile Henri Malartre.
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 4,379, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis də beno] ; literally "Saint-Maurice of Beynost") is a commune in the Ain department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, located at about 15 km (9 mi) from Lyon.
The commune is included in the canton of Miribel and in the intercommunality of communauté deRead more
communes de Miribel et du Plateau.
A small farming village at the beginning of the 20th century, the commune of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost became an industrial town in the 1920s, following the construction of the second textile factory of the "Lyon Society of Artificial Silk". The need for workers in this factory led to a quadrupling of the population in just five years, between 1926 and 1931. Today, the factory, which belongs to the Japanese group Toray Industries, is still the main employer in the city with nearly five hundred employees.
The inhabitants of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost are called Mauriciens.
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Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.8344 latitude, 4.9775 longitude.
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost has a population of approximately 4,379 people, making it a town in France.
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museum
Pioneering car museum in a hilltop chateau above the Saone near Lyon, displaying pre-1914 automobiles, historic motorcycles, trams and celebrity cars, including one of Hitler's armoured Mercedes.
11 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Walled medieval weavers' town on a hilltop 35 km from Lyon, its cobbled lanes and stone houses so intact that film crews use it as a ready-made Middle Ages set; try the warm galette pérougienne on the main square.
17 km · about 20 min drive
April to October
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