Bouligneux
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Canton | Villars-les-Dombes | |
| Community association | Dombes | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 1 ′ N , 4 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 264-301 m | |
| surface | 26.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 328 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01330 | |
| INSEE code | 01052 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Bouligneux |
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Bouligneux is a French municipality with 328 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Villars-les-Dombes in the Bourg-en-Bresse arrondissement . The inhabitants are called boulignards .
geography
Bouligneux is located in the middle of the lake landscape of the Dombes , about 27 kilometers southwest of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse . Bouligneux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sandrans in the north, La Chapelle-du-Châtelard in the northeast, Villars-les-Dombes in the east and southeast, Lapeyrouse in the south, Sainte-Olive in the west and southwest and Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 240 | 208 | 172 | 247 | 274 | 290 | 302 | 304 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Marcel church, a historic monument since 1926
- Bouligneux Castle, later a wine domain, since 1926 Monument historique
Saint-Marcel church
Bouligneux Castle
