Brion (Ain)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Nantua | |
| Canton | Nantua | |
| Community association | Haut-Bugey agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 10 ′ N , 5 ° 33 ′ E | |
| height | 469-642 m | |
| surface | 4.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 521 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 116 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01460 | |
| INSEE code | 01063 | |
Brion is a French municipality with 521 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Nantua in the Arrondissement of Nantua .
geography
Brion is located at 479 m , about 13 kilometers southwest of the city of Oyonnax and 25 kilometers east of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (as the crow flies). The village extends in the north of Bugey , at the confluence of the Ange in the Oignin , west of the Lac de Nantua in the Jura , in the middle of a wide plain.
The area of the 4.48 km² large municipality covers a section of the southern French Jura. The main part is occupied by a plain about three kilometers wide and three kilometers long (an average of 470 m ), which extends in front of the western entrance to the Cluse de Nantua . The plain used to form a large swamp area, which was drained and converted into cultivated land after the artificial lowering of the lake level of Lac de Nantua in 1856. The plain is traversed by the Oignin, which takes in the outflow channel of Lac de Nantua and the Ange (from the Oyonnax valley). A long hill ( 505 m ) rises in the middle of the plain . The community area extends to the south-west up to the mountain range of the Montagne de Collégiard , where the highest point of Brion is reached at 642 m .
The hamlet of Le Mollard ( 475 m ) on the Oignin belongs to Brion . Neighboring municipalities of Brion are Béard-Géovreissiat in the north, Montréal-la-Cluse and Port in the east, Saint-Martin-du-Frêne in the south and Nurieux-Volognat in the west.
history
Various finds indicate a settlement in the municipality of Brion during Roman times . The place name goes back to the Gallic word briva for bridge . At Brion there was a castle, which was first mentioned in 1090 as castrum brionis and which belonged to the lords of Coligny. In the Middle Ages the village was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy . With the Treaty of Lyon it came to France in 1601. It was not until 1845 that Brion was separated from Géovreissiat and raised to an independent municipality.
Attractions
The village church of Brion was built in 1851 and extensively restored for the last time in 1975. The ruins of the former castle on the hill east of Brion have been preserved.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 195 |
| 1968 | 215 |
| 1975 | 335 |
| 1982 | 395 |
| 1990 | 587 |
| 1999 | 559 |
| 2006 | 511 |
| 2011 | 522 |
With 521 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Brion is one of the small communities in the Ain department. Since the beginning of the 1960s, there has been a marked increase in population, combined with almost tripling the number of inhabitants. After peaking around 1990, however, the population is declining again. The locals of Brion are called Brionnais (es) in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Brion was a predominantly agricultural village. There are also some small and medium-sized businesses today. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is close to the D979 département road that runs from Nantua to Bourg-en-Bresse . Further road connections exist with Port, Izernore and Montréal. The nearest connection to the A404 motorway ( Saint-Martin-du-Frêne - Oyonnax), which crosses the municipality, is around two kilometers away.
In Brion there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 116 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 1 . Librairie Droz, 1990, ISBN 978-2-600-02884-4 , pp. 170 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 389 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ^ Brion - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on June 14, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).