Meillonnas

Meillonnas
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
Community association	Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Coordinates	46 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  E
height	232-460 m
surface	17.74 km 2
Residents	1,335 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	75 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	01370
INSEE code	01241
Website	www.meillonnas.fr

Meillonnas ( Arpitan : Melyonâs ) is a French municipality with 1335 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

Meillonnas is located about ten kilometers east-northeast of Bourg-en-Bresse in the Revermont . The Sevron rises in the municipality . The neighboring communities are Val-Revermont (formerly: Treffort-Cuisiat ) in the north and east, Drom in the south-east, Jasseron in the south and south-west and Saint-Étienne-du-Bois in the west and north-west.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
610	630	671	891	1,051	1,204	1,305	1,303
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Meillonnas

• Saint-Oyen church
• Chapel of Sanciat
• Meillonnas Castle from the 14th century

Saint-Oyen church

Web links

Commons : Meillonnas  - collection of images, videos and audio files