Brégnier cordon

Brégnier cordon
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Community association	Bugey Sud
Coordinates	45 ° 39 ′ N , 5 ° 37 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′ N , 5 ° 37 ′ E
height	203-460 m
surface	11.60 km 2
Residents	839 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	72 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	01300
INSEE code	01058
	; Brégnier-Cordon with the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Brégnier-Cordon is a French commune in the Ain department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Belley in the arrondissement of the same name .

geography

Brégnier-Cordon is the southernmost municipality in the Ain department. The north-western neighboring municipality is Groslée-Saint-Benoît with the Commune déléguée Saint-Benoît , which shares the hamlet of Glandieu with Brégnier-Cordon. Brégnier-Cordon also borders on Prémeyzel in the northeast, Izieu in the east, Champagneux in the southeast, Saint-Genix-les-Villages with Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers in the south, Aoste in the southwest and Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin with Les Avenières to the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2014
Residents	582	502	442	502	511	566	746	861

economy

In Brégnier-Cordon there is a run-of-river power plant on the Rhône . For this purpose, the river is dammed in the east of Murs-et-Gélignieux . A canal starting from this runs through the Brégnier Cordon. The natural course forms the border with the Isère department in the south and west .