Oyonnax (FR)

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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. Its residents are known as Oyonnaxiens.

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 November 11, 1943, when the Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura defied the German occupiers to hold a November 11 parade and memorial service in honor of French soldiers from World War I.

The town was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance on 16 June 1947.

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Oyonnax in 1902.