Bourgoin-Jallieu
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Introduction
Bourgoin-Jallieu, strategically located in the heart of the Rhône-Alpes regions, is a commune in the Isère department of of southeastern France. Located in the arrondissment of La Tour-du-Pin, the city has approximately 25,000 inhabitants and sports has become a trademark of this energetic and vibrant town. Their Rugby team finds place in the top 10 teams of France and the city has over 10,000 certified atheletes(nearly half the population).
Bourgoin-Jallieu is full of medieval building, most of which have been restored and recycled to meet modern needs. The chateau of Bourgoin and the place where Augustin monks once lived have been converted into apartments where anyone can live now.
For more information about the town and its surroundings, refer to the official Bourgoin-Jallieu website (French only).
Neighbourhoods
Sights and Activities
Events and Festivals
Weather
Bourgoin-Jallieu like much of the region has warm, dry and sunny summers from June to September. Temperatures average around 25 to 28 degrees Celcius on most days though sometimes it can be much hotter. Nights are pleasantly warm. Sometimes heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms occur during which temperatures can drop significantly below 20 degrees. Winters last from December to March with temperatures during the day above zero but with some frost and snow possible as well, especially at night.
Getting There
By Plane
The closest international airport with connections to major towns worldwide is at Lyon in France. Lyon Saint Exupéry (LYS) can be reached from the town by 20 minutes drive.
Destinations include Algiers and Tunis in Northern Africa as well as a significant number of lowcost flights throughout Europe, for example with Aer Lingus to Dublin and BMI to Manchester.
A wider choice of lowcost airlines is offered by taking the Grenoble Isere Airport (GNB). For example Ryanair has flights to and from Dublin and London while Easyjet and BMI fly to a number of UK cities as well. Transavia and Wizzair fly from Rotterdam and Warsaw in the winterseason as well.
By Train
Trains connect Lyon with Bourgoin-Jallieu. Check the French Railways website for more information about schedules and prices.
By Car
Bourgoin-Jallieu can easily be reached by taking the main highway A43 from Lyon towards Chambery. The A48 continues south towards Grenoble.
By Bus
By Boat
Eat
Drink
Sleep
There are quite a few options to sleep in or near town:
- Hotel Kyriad Lyon Est
- Hotel des Dauphins
- Hotel Restaurant Minestret
- Domaine des Sequoias
- Hotel de Launay
Work
Learn
Keep Connected
Internet
Phone
See also International Telephone Calls
Post
La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.
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