Chaleins

Chaleins
Coat of arms of Chaleins Coat of arms
Chaleins
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Chaleins
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilbert Gros
Area1	17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,183
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01075 / 01480
Elevation	193–267 m (633–876 ft) (avg. 238 m or 781 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.

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

History

The already known parish with the eleventh century depended on the rich person and powerful metropolitan chapter on Lyon which shared the capacity on Chaleins with various seigneuriales families, of which the Palatin family with the thirteenth century.

When the duke of Maine was a governor of Dombes in 1725, it gave up for 6,000 pounds its rights of justice on the grounds of Chaleins to Daniel Viste de Brindas.

In 1820, the borough of Chaleins had only ten houses which surrounded the church. The remainder of the population was disseminated in the hamlets. One still finds on the place of the houses in eye of ox dating from the eighteenth century. The old rectory was transformed into town hall in 1989; one can admire a pretty water jet there.

A river, Matre, crosses the village. Taking its source in Villeneuve and flowing in the Saône with Messimy, it supplied formerly 3 mills whose last one ceased its activities in 1950. It is a river with trout. While following his course, one can appreciate reserves of the cascades which supplied the mills.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	536	—
1800	606	+13.1%
1806	408	−32.7%
1821	663	+62.5%
1831	847	+27.8%
1836	883	+4.3%
1841	878	−0.6%
1846	826	−5.9%
1851	915	+10.8%
1856	901	−1.5%
1861	801	−11.1%
1866	822	+2.6%
1872	774	−5.8%
1876	758	−2.1%
1881	738	−2.6%
1886	787	+6.6%
1891	747	−5.1%
1896	732	−2.0%
1901	687	−6.1%
1906	657	−4.4%
1911	640	−2.6%
1921	571	−10.8%
1926	532	−6.8%
1931	501	−5.8%
1936	523	+4.4%
1946	536	+2.5%
1954	496	−7.5%
1962	485	−2.2%
1968	461	−4.9%
1975	428	−7.2%
1982	594	+38.8%
1990	754	+26.9%
1999	1,025	+35.9%
2008	1,183	+15.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE