Oyonnax
Oyonnax | |
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Oyonnax City Hall | |
Location of Oyonnax | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′22″N 5°39′20″E / 46.2561°N 5.6556°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Nantua |
| Canton | Oyonnax |
| Intercommunality | Haut-Bugey Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Perraud |
Area 1 | 35.99 km2 (13.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 22,378 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Oyonnaxiens |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01283 /01100 |
| Elevation | 440–1,082 m (1,444–3,550 ft) (avg. 540 m or 1,770 ft) |
| Website | www.oyonnax.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Oyonnax (French pronunciation: [ɔjɔna] ⓘ) is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura. The city is on the river Ange.
Its prominence in the plastics industry has earned it the name Plastics Valley.
One of the outstanding achievements of the French Résistance occurred here on 11 November 1943, when the Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura defied the German occupiers to hold an 11 November parade and memorial service in honour of French soldiers from World War I.
The town was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance on 16 June 1947.