Apremont, Ain

Apremont
Apremont
	Apremont
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Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Nantua
Canton	Nantua
Intercommunality	Haut Bugey
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Jean-Pierre Girard
Area1	14.57 km2 (5.63 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	352
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01011 / 01100
Elevation	658–1,042 m (2,159–3,419 ft); (avg. 850 m or 2,790 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Apremont is a French commune in the department of Ain in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Marranes^[1]

Geography

Apremont is located halfway between Nantua and Oyonnax some 20 km north-west of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 40 km east of Bourg-en-Bresse. The commune has an area of 1456 hectares and is bounded by the communes of Bellignat, Oyonnax, Charix, Nantua, Montreal-la-Cluse, Martignat, and Groissiat. The commune is composed of several villages including:

Petit Vallon
Grand Vallon
La Gotette
Ablatrix

There are also a few isolated farms such as Les Éterres, le Cree, and Molet.

The commune can be accessed by road D74 from Oyonnax in the north passing though the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to Nantua in the south. There is also access via the D95 from Charix in the south-west to the town. There are also several small roads in the commune. The commune consists of forest and mountain landscape.

The Lange river rises in the town and flows north to Oyonnax before turning south and joining the Oignin at Le Mollard.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Apremont^[3]

From	To	Name
1995	2001	Jean-Pierre Girard
2001	2008	Charles Sonthonnax
2008	2020	Jean-Pierre Girard

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 352 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
433	499	491	405	418	431	417	394	369

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
361	383	358	348	334	308	294	298	314

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
338	306	287	236	201	207	218	205	187

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	-	-
176	148	200	279	341	328	352	-	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Apremont War Memorial

Apremont Church

A Monumental Cross in Apremont

Population of Apremont

Sites and monuments

Ruins of a castle built in the 13th century

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

[4] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

[1] Inhabitants of Ain (French)

[Google-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Google Maps

[3] List of Mayors of France (French)

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Apremont, Ain

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