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| Oyonnax | |
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| The town hall | |
| Information | |
| Country |  France |
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| Regions | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain |
| Watercourse | Sarsouille, Angel |
| Altitude | Between 440 and1 082 m |
| Area | 36,37 km² |
| Population | 22 336 hab. () |
| Density | 614,13 inhab./km² |
| Nice | Oyonnaxien |
| Postal code | 01100 |
| Telephone prefix | 33 4 74 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 46 ° 15 ′ 32 ″ N 5 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Oyonnax (pronounced:/ ɔjɔna / , ) is a French commune located in the department ofAin, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Understand
Its inhabitants are the Oyonnaxiens and the Oyonnaxiennes. It is the second most populous municipality of the department. The city was decorated with the Medal of the Resistance on June 16, 1947. The craft industry, in particular the turning of articles in wood or in horn was initially a means of s' free from peasant difficulties due to the harshness of the climate and the relative poverty of the land. The surrounding waterways allowed craftsmen to use water mills.The city specialized in the late eighteenth century.e century in the manufacture of hair combs in wood and then in horn while closely following technological developments. This production industrialized at the end of the 19th century.e century, before undergoing a revolution: the arrival of plastic, with celluloid in 1880 then galalith in 1918, rhodoid in 1930 and finally from 1935 polystyrene and other materials more suited to molding techniques. will then continue to develop in the field of plastics, with the creation of hundreds of companies covering all components of the sector, and a wide range of products ranging from glasses to garden furniture, including toys. The Oyonnax industry was marked by Clé, Gilac, Grosfillex, Bollé, Écoiffier, Minialuxe, Riviera, G. Convert (Nano infants, boats and windsurfers) and even Berchet. The Emin-Leydier company also has a cardboard packaging production site. Today, Oyonnax is at the center of the Plastics Valley (source Wikipedia)
To go
Circulate
To see
- Comb and Plastics Museum Aragon Cultural Center, 88 cours de Verdun, 01100 Oyonnax,
33 4 74 819682, e-mail : [email protected] 
Tuesday to Saturday 1st Sunday of the month, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. except January and public holidays. 
free, reduced and € 3.60. – 16,000 objects from the first boxwood combs to bioplastic design objects
Tuesday to Saturday 1st Sunday of the month, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. except January and public holidays
free, reduced and € 3.60Do
To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
Communicate
Manage the day-to-day
Around
- Lake Genin, classified as a scenic site since March 1, 1935, sometimes freezes in winter.
