Arbent
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Nantua | |
| Canton | Oyonnax | |
| Community association | Haut-Bugey agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 18 ′ N , 5 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 435-1,100 m | |
| surface | 23.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,367 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 143 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01100 | |
| INSEE code | 01014 | |
| Website | www.mairie-arbent.fr | |
 Town Hall ( Mairie ) of Arbent |
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Arbent is a French municipality with 3367 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Oyonnax in the Arrondissement of Nantua .
geography
Arbent is located at 565 m , about five kilometers north-northeast of the city of Oyonnax and 36 kilometers east-northeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (beeline). The village extends in the north of Bugey , in the Jura , on both sides of the Ruisseau de Merdanson , which here emerges from a narrow valley into the valley basin of Oyonnax.
The area of the 23.49 km² large municipality covers a section of the southern French Jura. The eastern part is taken up by the valley basin of Oyonnax, which here has a width of about 1.5 km and forms a syncline in the Folded Jura . This valley basin is drained by the Merdanson to the west to the Bienne . To the east, the community area extends over the densely wooded Jura slope ( Forêt de Macretet , Bois du Roy ) to the ridge of Mont de la Chaux , on which the highest elevation of Arbent is reached at 1,100 m . Here rises the Ruisseau de Merdanson, which has created a deep erosion channel in its upper course . The eastern boundary of the area is the Viry basin.
The former hamlet of Marchon ( 560 m ) on the outskirts of Oyonnax and various new housing developments belong to Arbent . Neighboring communities of Arbent are Viry in the north and east, Échallon and Oyonnax in the south and Dortan in the west.
history
The origin of Arbent was a monastery founded around the year 1100, which was dependent on Saint-Claude . The monks cleared the area, made it arable and laid the foundation stone for settlement. In the Middle Ages, Arbent was a separate rule that belonged to the Lords of Thoire-Villars and came under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy in 1402 . With the Treaty of Lyon , the village came to France in 1601. As part of the conflict between France and Franche-Comté , Arbent was destroyed by troops from the Free County in the 17th century.
Attractions
The Gothic parish church of Saint-Laurent was built in the 15th century. The last remains of the former monastery, which was destroyed in the 17th century, were removed in the 1930s. There is a chapel in Marchon.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,035 | 1,255 | 1,400 | 2,766 | 3,369 | 3,610 | 3,464 | 3,458 |
With 3367 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Arbent is one of the medium-sized communities in the Ain department. A marked increase in population has been recorded since the early 1960s. During this time the population of the village has more than tripled. In the meantime, the settlement area of Arbent has almost completely merged with that of Oyonnax. The local residents of Arbent are called Arbanais (es) in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time Arbent was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture and forestry. Thanks to its proximity to Oyonnax, various new companies have also set up in Arbent since the first half of the 20th century. Today there are two large commercial and industrial zones with a total of more than 80 companies in the valley between Arbent and Oyonnax. The important branches of industry include plastics production and the precision engineering industry.
The village is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is close to the main road that leads from Montréal-la-Cluse via Oyonnax to Saint-Claude . Another road connection is with Viry. The closest connection to the A404 motorway (Saint-Martin-du-Frêne - Oyonnax) is around 2 km away. Arbent has a train station on the railway line from Oyonnax to Saint-Claude. The Oyonnax-Arbent airfield is also on the parish grounds.
In Arbent there are two pre-schools ( école maternelle ), two elementary schools ( école élémentaire ) and one comprehensive school ( collège , all 5 publicly owned).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Arbent - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on June 14, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).