Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat

Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat
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Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Ceyzériat
Intercommunality	La Vallière
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Luc Luez
Area1	23.51 km2 (9.08 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	815
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01245 / 01250
Elevation	264–555 m (866–1,821 ft) (avg. 420 m or 1,380 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.

Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

History

The commune was created in January 1974 as a grouping of the three villages Bohas, Meyriat, and Rignat.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	667	—
1800	733	+9.9%
1806	603	−17.7%
1821	666	+10.4%
1831	677	+1.7%
1836	620	−8.4%
1841	602	−2.9%
1846	567	−5.8%
1851	593	+4.6%
1856	568	−4.2%
1861	570	+0.4%
1866	559	−1.9%
1872	529	−5.4%
1876	500	−5.5%
1881	460	−8.0%
1886	450	−2.2%
1891	459	+2.0%
1896	395	−13.9%
1901	392	−0.8%
1906	361	−7.9%
1911	342	−5.3%
1921	311	−9.1%
1926	304	−2.3%
1931	299	−1.6%
1936	301	+0.7%
1946	246	−18.3%
1954	243	−1.2%
1962	219	−9.9%
1968	186	−15.1%
1975	506	+172.0%
1982	597	+18.0%
1990	657	+10.1%
1999	727	+10.7%
2008	815	+12.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE