Corveissiat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Canton | Saint-Etienne-du-Bois | |
| Community association | Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 15 ′ N , 5 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 262-668 m | |
| surface | 22.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 621 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01250 | |
| INSEE code | 01125 | |
| Website | www.corveissiat.fr | |
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Corveissiat is a French municipality with 621 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (until 2015: canton of Treffort-Cuisiat ) in the Bourg-en-Bresse arrondissement .
geography
Corveissiat is located about 19 kilometers east-northeast of Bourg-en-Bresse in the Revermont . The Ain , into which the Valouse flows here, limits the municipality to the east. The neighboring communities are Aromas in the north, Thoirette-Coisia with Thoirette in the north-east, Matafelon-Granges in the east and north-east, Bolozon and Cize in the south, Grand-Corent in the south-west, Simandre-sur-Suran in the west and south-west, Chavannes-sur- Suran in the west and northwest and Germagnat in the northwest.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 468 | 448 | 411 | 438 | 437 | 469 | 504 | 617 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Maurice church from the 14th century in Saint-Maurice-d'Échazeaux, monument historique since 1941
- Conflans Castle from the 13th century
- Arnans castle ruins
Personalities
- Émile Écuyer (1881–1952), athlete (javelin thrower)
