Vénissieux is a common French, in the southern suburbs of Lyon, in the department of the the Rhone and the area the Rhone-Alps. It is the common third department of the the Rhone and the seventh city of the area the Rhone-Alps by the number of inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called the Vénissians .

Geography

Vénissieux is a town of France, in the Banlieue southern of Lyon.

Historically it belongs to the province of the Dauphiné until Isere yields, by decree of March 2nd, 1852, the city at the department of the Rhone. It is a commune bordering with those on Lyon, Bron, Saint-Priest, Feyzin, Corbas and of Saint-Fons. She is regarded as the " Carry southern of the agglomeration lyonnaise".

The city located on left bank of the Rhone has a little marked relief, except the small hill of the Center (Old Farmhouse of the Rock) and that of Parilly; the point highest being the plate of the Minguettes (229 m). One meets uneven rather important while going down to Saint-Fons and the " Old man-Bourg" by the plate of Minguettes.

History

One of the first credible traces of Vénissieux is located at the will, probably apocryphal book, allotted to Ennemond, bishop of Lyon, whose death goes back to 656. This document mentions the " Vénciès" villa; who would be located in the decoration of the priory, of the royal abbey of Saint-Pierre-of-Lyon, former to the 10th century. All these places do not leave, since the 15th century, any trace specifies nowadays.

The name of the commune evolves/moves of Venicies in Venissieu then in Vénissieux.

As of the opening of the 12th century, the castle of Chandieu, to the hands of the counts of Savoy, extends its prerogatives on Prévôté de Vénissieux. The " is returned; justice" with the castle of St Symphorien d' Ozon. The Rhone is used as natural limit to the lords of Chandieu until 1310 when Jean de Chandieu, ruined, demolishes his " droits" on the Parish of Béchevelin which enchases, Vénissieux, Villeurbanne and Vaulx-in-Vellum. Amédée V of Savoy joins together, then, this territory with Saint-Symphorien until 1349.

Vénissieux, in 1355, is from the Dauphine thanks to a Savoyard territorial rehandling where the Viennese is exchanged against Faucigny.

The rotation, for the benefit or the detriment of the Dauphine , is the rule of the S for Vénissieux. The Dauphine one loses Vénissieux in 1545, recovers it in 1605 and, finally, yields it to G. Dugue, treasurer of France at the Office of Lyon in 1649.

The castle of Chandieu, established on the spot of the current Place Leon Sublet, is destroyed at the end of the 17th century; five centuries after its erection. Its last vestiges do not see finishing the 19th century, the last wall is destroyed because it masked the frontage of the Old town hall.

When the revolutionary wind shakes the Vénissieux Hexagon becomes place chief of canton while being detached from Bron. Venissieux, in 1790, is isérane and counts 2100 inhabitants. Isere yields, by decree of March 2nd, 1852, Vénissieux, Bron, Vaulx-in-Vellum and Villeurbanne with the Département of the Rhone. Today the canton vénissian is mono-cellular.

Vénissieux loses, after a debate, supposed surging, the hamlet of Saint-Fons which, taken by its industrial rise, on March 26th 1888, became a commune with whole share.

In full war, in 1915, Marius Berliet which works, in the capacity as mechanic, to Monplaisir since 1897, extends a city of 400 hectares which bears its name. Sixty years after its firm counts 21000 direct uses. A score of industrial poles supplements the Berliet building site.

In 1917, during the First World War, three buildings of shell exploded destroying a good part of the city (whose medieval stained glasses of the Saint-Germain church), the explosion was made hear until Roanne.

In May 1944, the industrial potential vénissian (in particular the Factories Berliet) are damaged by the bombardments. September 2nd, 1944, Vénissieux was released from the yoke Nazi. The demographic explosion of Vénissieux continues and springs, between 1963 and 1974, the prospect for the Minguettes.

Vénissieux remains one of the rare cities which takes care to preserve base progressist and popular of its municipal executive, taken along by André Gérin, his emblematic deputy and mayor, comfortably re-elected at the time of the expiries of 2001 and 2002.

Places and monuments

The Leon-Sublet place is the old heart of the borough of Vénissieux, with the Middle Ages, the place was defended by a strong castle, it concentrates today:

  • the old town hall built on the foundations of the Common House (18th century), today become communal museum of Resistance and the Deportation.
  • the Saint-Germain church which with the Middle Ages was in the enclosure of this castle, it is the oldest building of the commune by its vault of the Virgin and her bell-tower of the 15th century, the church shelters a crucifix out of wooden carved of the 18th century and the oldest table of the commune, the table of Germain saint the Resident of Auxerre, owner of this church; painting of the 18th century and its gilded framework of the 17th century, this jewel of the commune is registered with the additional inventory of the historic buildings.

  • the school complex Louis-Pasteur, registered on the list of the historic buildings in the district of the Charréard.

  • Of many parks: The park of Parilly, the Louis-Dupic park (of the town hall), the park of Minguettes, the plate of the Large Grounds.

  • the Old Cemetery of Vénissieux.

  • the inter-commune nautical Center

  • the inn of international youth.

  • the War memorial, Louis-Dupic park.

  • the House of the People " Center resistance, claims and actions working. Place of reflection, creation and fraternity in front of the hardness of the combats" Andre Gérin. Today center of the trade unions, municipal theater and place of exposure of visual art.

  • With the presence on its territory of the factories Renault Trucks (old factories Berliet), the city is the cradle of the French car. Presence of the Berliet museum presenting of the old and modern vehicles.

Demography

Town planning and tallies of life

Vénissieux inherited its name of a Gallo-Roman farm naming Vénicies. Until the first industrial revolutions Vénissieux was an agricultural village (today the " Bourg" old man; around the Leon-Sublet place), vines were mainly present on the plate of the Minguettes.

The city knew a very fast increase in its population: of a little more 20  000 inhabitants in the Years 1950, it reached more 75  000 inhabitants in the Years 1970, thanks to the construction of great units, in particular the city of Minguettes. This district is symbolic system of a form of urbanization encouraged in the Années 1960 which gave, a score of years later, disadvantaged districts which had lost their attraction of origin. As of the Years 1980, important programs of urban renovation transformed Minguettes, reducing the too strong population density to the profit of a better framework of life. This restoration since then explains the strong fall of the number of inhabitants with Vénissieux. Tarnished by its bad image of “hot city of suburbs”, Vénissieux became nevertheless a gravitational and pleasant city.

A modern Médiathèque was built at the beginning of the Années 2000 by Dominique Perrault.

In 2009, the first section of the new line of tram, the T4 line will connect the water jet of the place Mendès France (Lyon 8th) to Minguettes in 25 minutes. In the long term, it will be prolonged until the Part God. The 10 kilometers of ways and the 18 stations will make it possible 33000 inhabitants to be served and will create 6200 jobs. Green line, T4 will ensure the embellishment of the city and will facilitate the movement of the pedestrians and the cyclists.

Vénissieux is one of the most flowered cities of the department with 3 flowers with the Contest of the Cities and of the flowered Villages of France and one of greenest with its green areas which represent an entire surface of 617 hectares is 40% of the total surface area of the commune! It has 60% of the Parc of Parilly on its territory. A pink was born in Vénissieux: Vénissiane, it is one of the most famous varieties of the pinks.

Districts of the city

  • Downtown area or " Old man-bourg": District around the Leon-Sublet place, the hill of the Center, the Louis-Dupic park.

  • the Minguettes or " Plateau" : District highest and more populated, in the south-west of the city. Today in full phase of restoration and rehabilitations with the nearest arrival of the tram.
  • the Village or " pentes": This small district is located on the slopes of the plate, it is a residential zone.
  • the Windmill: The name refers to an old windmill now disappeared, this territory is located at the north of the city, bordering on Lyon and beyond the Lyons peripheral.
  • Parilly: one of the largest districts of the city which occupies a north-eastern good part of the city because it includes the park of Parilly and the factories Renault Trucks. The " core urbain" is in the neighborhoods of the church Jeanne-with Arc (19th century) and of the place Large-Clement.
  • the Charréard: All the district which occupies the south-eastern part of the city.
  • Oak-Vellum: the industrial and commercial district of the city. Bordering on Saint-Fons.
  • Large-grounds: The large agricultural plate occupying all the southern part of the city.

Administration

  • Canton: Northern Vénissieux Vénissieux Southern

  • 13 councils of district, organized in 6 territories.
  • the city is very turned on the left, it is one of the strongholds of the Communist party whose deputy and mayor emblematic is André Gérin.

Personalities related to the commune

  • Marcel Houel, former mayor of Vénissieux.

  • Andre Gérin, French politician.

Many footballers grew in Vénissieux by attending the club of the ACE Minguettes of which:

  • Ludovic Giuly, French footballer and former student of the college Elsa-Triplet.

Economic life

2500 commercial entities including 10 of more than 300 paid, with on its territory the presence of great industry groups (Renault Trucks, Bosch, Aldès), 500 associations present on the city.

Culture

The municipality extremely posts a socioeducational project with step less than 60 schools. Presence of a music school, a cinema, a municipal theater, a house of the young people, 5 libraries…

Press

  • a local newspaper: Expressions, the news of Vénissieux , appears one Wednesday out of two, drawn with 32  000 specimens, newspaper very appreciated by the inhabitants who celebrated his 400e number in July 2007.

  • a magazine, " Pluriel" singular; who appears twice a year, speaks mainly about the assets of Vénissieux: its projects, its ambitions,… illustrated by photographs of the city.
  • 13 newspapers of districts. Communal publication 2 to 3 times per annum.

Events

Many cultural events and sportsmen punctuate the life of Vénissians, they are sometimes of regional scale:

  • the Festivals Stopovers around on July 14th.
  • mongrel Nights in September.
  • Days of the Inheritance.
  • I images, with the cinema Gerard Philippe.
  • the Tread vénissiane, sporting great event.
  • Illuminations of December 8th…

Open markets

  • Gone of the Center: place Leon-Sublet, Wednesday and Sunday morning.

  • Gone of Minguettes (most known, for its social diversity and racial): Street Edouard-Herriot, Thursday and Saturday morning.
  • Gone of Parilly: Place Grandclément, Saturday morning.
  • Gone of Charréard: AV Jacques-Duclos, Friday morning.
  • Gone of the Mill-with-Wind: Place Ennemond-French, Thursday morning.

Twinnings

  • Oschatz Germany, 16.292 inhabitants.

  • Novy Jicin, 26.331 inhabitants.
  • Joal, 39.078 inhabitants.
  • Jodino
  • Manises Spain, celebrates town of Spain for this ceramics, moreover the name-plates of ceramics of the Leon-Sublet place come from this city.

Anecdotes

  • One is often mistaken on the name in the inhabitants in Vénissieux by calling them in the Venetian ones, but those are the inhabitants of the town of Venice in Italy, the inhabitants of Vénissieux are Vénissians, Vénissianes.

  • With the Mother's Day, the mayor, the municipal team and the gardeners have the tradition to give to the children of the schools of the city, the day before day of this festival a floral plant which will give them with their mother.

  • has Vénissieux, one often says when one is in the bottom of the city, the word " in haut" to indicate the plate of Minguettes.

Climate

The climate with Vénissieux is as the remainder of the area of the continental type, but often with Mediterranean influences (presences of umbrella pines or cypress); in winter it can much snow (15 cm on average) and be very cold (up to -12 in 2005), the summers are hot (until 40°C in summer 2003) and sunny. In this same season there are also many storms sometimes very violent one (of which an episode the large one hail in 2003) and the wind blows there very often because of the situation of the city to the doors of the valley of the Rhone.

See too

External bonds

  • Official site

  • Vénissieux 69 (not-official Site. Leave to discovered the town of Vénissieux: history, photographs old or recent, postcards,…)
  • Vénissieux on the site Some share in France
  • generic Sites on the communes:
    • Vénissieux on the site of the national geographical Institute
    • Vénissieux on the site of INSEE
    • Vénissieux on the site of Quid
    • Localization of Vénissieux on a chart of France and communes bordering
    • Plane on Vénissieux on Mapquest

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