Flins Renault Factory
| Flins factory | |
|---|---|
| Built | 1952 |
| Location | Flins, France |
| Coordinates | 48°58′38″N 1°51′41″E / 48.977147°N 1.86136°E |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Architect | Bernard Zehrfuss |
| Area | 232 hectares |
| Address | Plant of Flins, BP 203, 78410 Aubergenville, France |
The Flins Renault Factory is a car factory in France, straddling the towns of Flins and Aubergenville in Yvelines, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Paris. It is the largest (and, since the closure of the Boulogne-Billancourt factory, the oldest) Renault Group factory in mainland France. It was designed by the architect Bernard Zehrfuss and opened in 1952. It is 237 hectares (590 acres) in extent, of which 67 are occupied by covered buildings.
The factory is internally known as the Pierre Lefaucheux Factory in memory of Pierre Lefaucheux, Renault's first CEO following post-WWII nationalisation, who died in a single car accident in a Renault Frégate, manufactured at the Flins plant.
Between 1952 and the summer break of July 2009 the plant had assembled 16,850,000 vehicles.