Journans
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Canton | Ceyzériat | |
| Community association | Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 9 ' N , 5 ° 20' E | |
| height | 269-506 m | |
| surface | 2.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 355 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 146 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01250 | |
| INSEE code | 01197 | |
 Source of the Reyssouze |
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Journans is a French municipality with 355 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Ceyzériat in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse .
geography
Journans is located between Rignat, a hamlet of Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat , in the east and Les Machardes, a hamlet of Tossiat , in the west, 10 kilometers southeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse and 57 kilometers (as the crow flies) northeast of Lyon in the Bresse . The Reyssouze rises south of the village in the Montagnes de Journans and flows into the Saône after 75 kilometers .
history
The Tower of Journans ( Tour de Journans ) was a fiefdom that belonged to the village of Journans. It was given in 1460 by Ludwig I, duc de Savoie , to Pierre de Laye, the Seigneur of Messimy and Becerel, which is why the tower was renamed Tour de Becerel . From the 17th century until the French Revolution the fief belonged to the Charbonnier family.
In the Middle Ages Journans belonged to the Tossiat Seigneurie . In 1650 Journans was mentioned as Jornens , in 1670 as Journens . In the Ancien Régime , the village was part of the Bourg-en-Bresse Bailiwick . The parish church was consecrated to St. Valerianus († 178) and was mentioned for the first time in 1613.
In 1793 Journans received the status of a municipality in the course of the French Revolution and in 1801 the right to local self-government.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 186 | 191 | 174 | 277 | 286 | 330 | 323 | 355 |
economy
In Journans is wine of AOC Bugey produced.
Web links
- Journans on cartesfrance.fr in French
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Édouard Paul Lucien Philipon: Dictionnaire topographique du département de l'Ain comprenant les noms de lieu anciens et modern . Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1911, pp. 214 + 436 (French, from archive.org [accessed November 29, 2009]).
- ↑ Jules Baux: Nobiliaire du département de l'Ain: (XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles) . Bresse et Dombes. F. Martin-Bottier, Bourg-En-Bresse 1862, p. 17th f . ( in Google Books [accessed November 29, 2009]). (French).
- ^ Journans on Cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ↑ Journans on aoc-igp.fr (French) Retrieved March 16, 2015.