Pierre-Bénite | |
Commune: | Oullins-Pierre-Bénite |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Pierre-Bénite (Rhône).svg |
Arrondissement: | Lyon |
Insee: | 69152 |
Postal Code: | 69310 |
Coordinates: | 45.7044°N 4.825°W |
Elevation M: | 167 |
Elevation Min M: | 155 |
Elevation Max M: | 232 |
Area Km2: | 4.48 |
Population: | 10515 |
Population Date: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Demonym: | Pierre-Bénitain(e)s |
Website: | www.pierrebenite.fr |
Pierre-Bénite (in French pronounced as /pjɛʁ benit/; Piérra-Benête) is a former commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
On 1 January 2024, Pierre-Bénite merged with Oullins to form the new the commune of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite.[2] [3]
Pierre-Bénite, a suburb around 6abbr=offNaNabbr=off south of Lyon, extends over 440ha on the right bank of the river Rhône, alongside the A7 motorway. It is limited to the north by Lyon, to the west by Oullins, to the southwest by Saint-Genis-Laval, to the south by Irigny, and to the east by the Rhône, across from Saint-Fons.