Joyeux, Ain

Joyeux
Commune
Chateau
Joyeux
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Joyeux
Coordinates: 45°57′43″N 5°06′39″E / 45.9619°N 5.1108°E / 45.9619; 5.1108Coordinates: 45°57′43″N 5°06′39″E / 45.9619°N 5.1108°E / 45.9619; 5.1108
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Belley
Canton Meximieux
Intercommunality Plaine de l'Ain
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marius Brocard
Area1 16.58 km2 (6.40 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 233
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 01198 /01800
Elevation 272–298 m (892–978 ft)
(avg. 285 m or 935 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Joyeux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

Joyeux lies less than 5 km (3.1 mi) from the wildlife park at Villars-les-Dombes and 40 km (25 mi) from Lyon in the natural region of the Dombes, a wide extent of middle and upper Pleistocene moraine left near the margin of the Alpine ice sheets. The commune includes some thirty lakes which together represent some 4 square kilometres of water. The land between them is of gravel, sand and clay.

History

The fief of Joyeux was mentioned in the twelfth century. In the fifteenth century, it was in the possession of the Villars family.

On 13 February 2006, a wild duck was found dead on the fen. It was the first attested case of the presence of the bird flu virus H5N1 in France.

Administration

List of the mayors
PeriodNamePartyBackground
2001Marius BrocardFarmer

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962135—    
1968146+8.1%
1975142−2.7%
1982151+6.3%
1990171+13.2%
1999206+20.5%
2006233+13.1%

Sights

Old farms typical of the region. The nineteenth century Château de Joyeux.

See also

References


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