Priay

Priay
Coat of arms of Priay Coat of arms
Priay
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Priay
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Pont-d'Ain
Intercommunality	Pont-d'Ain, Priay, Varambon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danielle Blanchet
Area1	15.77 km2 (6.09 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,447
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01314 / 01160
Elevation	222–342 m (728–1,122 ft) (avg. 240 m or 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.

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

It contains the La mère Bourgeois restaurant, which was a 3-starred Michelin restaurant between 1933 and 1937.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,031	—
1800	1,017	−1.4%
1806	974	−4.2%
1821	854	−12.3%
1831	895	+4.8%
1836	947	+5.8%
1841	1,036	+9.4%
1846	1,070	+3.3%
1851	1,097	+2.5%
1856	1,019	−7.1%
1861	987	−3.1%
1866	1,033	+4.7%
1872	1,023	−1.0%
1876	1,061	+3.7%
1881	1,006	−5.2%
1886	1,028	+2.2%
1891	1,013	−1.5%
1896	991	−2.2%
1901	935	−5.7%
1906	905	−3.2%
1911	893	−1.3%
1921	742	−16.9%
1926	757	+2.0%
1931	702	−7.3%
1936	702	+0.0%
1946	645	−8.1%
1954	703	+9.0%
1962	709	+0.9%
1968	710	+0.1%
1975	771	+8.6%
1982	787	+2.1%
1990	948	+20.5%
1999	1,152	+21.5%
2008	1,447	+25.6%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE