Surjoux-Lhopital
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Nantua | |
| Canton | Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | |
| Community association | Communauté de communes du Pays Bellegardien | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 1 ' N , 5 ° 47' E | |
| height | 300-1,160 m | |
| surface | 7.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 131 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01420 | |
| INSEE code | 01215 | |
Surjoux-Lhopital is a French municipality with 131 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantua and the canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine .
It was created with effect from January 1, 2019 as Commune nouvelle through the amalgamation of the previous municipalities Lhôpital and Surjoux , which have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative seat is in Lhôpital.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population as of January 1, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lhôpital (administrative headquarters) | 01215 | 3.68 | 50 |
| Surjoux | 01413 | 4.31 | 81 |
location
The municipality is located around 30 kilometers northwest of Annecy on the right bank of the Rhône and thus on the border with the neighboring department of Haute-Savoie . Neighboring municipalities are: Injoux-Génissiat in the north, Franclens in the northeast, Challonges in the east, Chanay in the south and Songieu and Hotonnes in the west.
Attractions
See: List of the Monuments historiques in Surjoux-Lhopital
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 01-2018-12-03-001 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Surjoux-Lhopital of December 3, 2018.
- ↑ current population according to INSEE