Béligneux

Béligneux
Coat of arms
Location of Béligneux
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Montluel
Intercommunality	Montluel
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Sigoire
Area 1	13.30 km2 (5.14 sq mi)
Population  (2008)	2,883
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01032 /01360
Elevation	210–275 m (689–902 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Béligneux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

It lies about 30 km northeast of Lyon. The commune includes part of the village of La Valbonne at the foot of the hill (the rest belongs to the neighboring commune of Balan) and the hamlet of Chânes.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	390	—
1800	361	−7.4%
1806	476	+31.9%
1821	483	+1.5%
1831	495	+2.5%
1836	524	+5.9%
1841	527	+0.6%
1846	572	+8.5%
1851	572	+0.0%
1856	613	+7.2%
1861	586	−4.4%
1866	554	−5.5%
1872	538	−2.9%
1876	888	+65.1%
1881	868	−2.3%
1886	835	−3.8%
1891	778	−6.8%
1896	543	−30.2%
1901	654	+20.4%
1906	666	+1.8%
1911	687	+3.2%
1921	479	−30.3%
1926	479	+0.0%
1931	531	+10.9%
1936	518	−2.4%
1946	563	+8.7%
1954	880	+56.3%
1962	1,138	+29.3%
1968	1,022	−10.2%
1975	1,341	+31.2%
1982	1,486	+10.8%
1990	2,319	+56.1%
1999	2,594	+11.9%
2008	2,883	+11.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE