Bénonces
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Ain | |
Arrondissement | Belley | |
Canton | Lagnieu | |
Community association | Plaine de l'Ain | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ′ N , 5 ° 28 ′ E | |
height | 280-1,029 m | |
surface | 15.33 km 2 | |
Residents | 298 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 01470 | |
INSEE code | 01037 | |
Website | www.benonces.com | |
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Bénonces is a French municipality with 298 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement Belley and the Canton Lagnieu (until 2015: Canton Lhuis ).
geography
Bénonces is located about 50 kilometers east-northeast of Lyon in the Côtière landscape in the Rhône Valley .
Bénonces is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Conand in the north, Ordonnaz in the east, Lompnas in the south-east, Seillonnaz in the south, Montagnieu in the south, Serrières-de-Briord in the south-west, Villebois in the west and north-west and Souclin in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 285 | 261 | 258 | 274 | 249 | 243 | 267 | 276 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- Ruins of the church of La Corrière
- Charterhouse de Portes ( Monument historique since 1947 )
- Luizet waterfall
Web links
Commons : Bénonces - collection of images, videos and audio files