Culoz
Sign in to saveCuloz ( or ) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Culoz-Béon.
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Culoz is a small town in the Ain department of eastern France that ceased to exist as an independent municipality on January 1, 2023, when it merged with another town to form a new commune called Culoz-Béon. The merger was part of a broader trend in France of combining smaller communes to improve administrative efficiency and local governance.
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Place details
- Locality
- Culoz-Béon
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,893
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Culoz ( or ) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Culoz-Béon.
==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.