Lagnieu

Lagnieu
Commune

Coat of arms
Lagnieu
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Lagnieu
Coordinates: 45°54′11″N 5°20′53″E / 45.903°N 5.348°E / 45.903; 5.348Coordinates: 45°54′11″N 5°20′53″E / 45.903°N 5.348°E / 45.903; 5.348
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Belley
Canton Lagnieu
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) André Moingeon
Area1 27.25 km2 (10.52 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 6,694
 • Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 01202 /01150
Elevation 192–643 m (630–2,110 ft)
(avg. 239 m or 784 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.

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

Lagnieu has four hamlets which are: Chanves, Charveyron, Posafol and Proulieu.

Goeography

The city of Lagnieu is located south of the department of Ain , on the right bank of the Rhone , 50 km north-east of the Lyon area and 37 km south of Bourg-en-Bresse . The town belongs to the canton of Lagnieu which she is the chief town and the district of Belley.

Attached to the foothills of southern Jura (Bugey), it belongs to the natural region of the plain of Ain, also name of the industrial park established about ten kilometers west of the town. Its territory has an altitude ranging from 192 m to 643 m , the town hall is 212 m.

History

According to a Latin text of the seventh century, Lagnieu derives from a landowner named Latinus, giving his name to the district and become Latiniacus.[1]

Around 1430, the inhabitants of Lagnieu seized six oxen belonging to the monks of the Carthusian monastery of Portes and ravaged their crops by releasing their pigs.[2]

During the French Revolution, Lagnieu took the revolutionary name of Fontaine-d'Or.[3]

In 1957, during the passage of a metal element intended for the Marcoule nuclear power plant, the "centipede", the Lagnieu fountain was accidentally destroyed.

Geology

The territory presents a seismic risk as well as natural and technological risks such as flood, dam break, industrial and nuclear risks, transport of dangerous goods. Several natural disasters have occurred in the past such as floods and mudslides (April 30 and May 1 , 1983, September 26, 1987, October 9 to 12, 1988, February 13 to 18, 1990, June 25, 2006

CLimate

Lagnieu, like the Lyon region, is located at a climatic crossroads. The climate is of a semi-continental type with Mediterranean aspects, especially in summer. Several southern species are present, including the Montpellier pistachio or several species of cicadas. [ref. necessary]

The absence of wind in summer contributes to the stifling summer days in the Latini area and more generally Lyon.

Population

The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the censuses of the population carried out in the commune since 1793. As of 2006, the legal populations of the communes are published annually by the INSEE . The census is now based on an annual collection of information, successively covering all municipal territories over a period of five years. For municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a census survey of the whole population is carried out every five years, while the legal populations of the intermediate years are estimated by interpolation or extrapolation[4] The census is now based on an annual collection of information, successively covering all municipal territories over a period of five years. For municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a census survey of the whole population is carried out every five years, while the legal populations of the intermediate years are estimated by interpolation or extrapolation. [5][6] For the municipality, the first comprehensive census within the framework of the new system was carried out in 2006.[7]

population of Lagnieu.
Historical population
YearPop.±%
17932,107—    
18002,551+21.1%
18062,304−9.7%
18212,411+4.6%
18312,285−5.2%
18362,354+3.0%
18412,531+7.5%
18462,673+5.6%
18512,900+8.5%
18563,182+9.7%
18613,317+4.2%
18663,259−1.7%
18722,770−15.0%
18762,796+0.9%
18812,638−5.7%
18862,629−0.3%
18912,488−5.4%
18962,347−5.7%
19012,332−0.6%
19062,202−5.6%
19112,238+1.6%
19212,016−9.9%
19262,230+10.6%
19312,295+2.9%
19362,216−3.4%
19462,178−1.7%
19542,297+5.5%
19623,082+34.2%
19684,162+35.0%
19755,208+25.1%
19825,594+7.4%
19905,686+1.6%
19995,882+3.4%
20086,694+13.8%

Politics

  • 1953 1963 Eugène Jacquier Rad.
  • 1963 June 1995 Guy d Verpillière (Member of Parliament (1967-80), Senator (1980-89), General Councilor of the Canton of Lagnieu (1958-1988))
  • June 1995 April 2004 7 Charles d' La Verpillière President of the General Council (2004-2007)
  • April 2004 - current André Moingeon UMP - LR Consulting engineer

since the 2014 council elections the makeup of the council has been 25 members for Pour Lagnieu party and 4 members for Ensemble bougeons pour Lagnieu party.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Marianne Mulon, « Anthropotoponymes. Appropriations, commémorations », in Actes du 16e Congrès international des Sciences onomastiques (16-22 août 1987), Université Laval, Québec, 1990, p.15-39.
  2. ↑ Alain Kersuzan, Défendre la Bresse et le Bugey - Les châteaux savoyards dans la guerre contre le Dauphiné (1282 - 1355), collection Histoire et Archéologie médiévales n°14, Presses universitaires de Lyon, Lyon, 2005, ( ISBN 2-7297-0762-X), p. 36.
  3. ↑ Les noms révolutionnaires des communes de France par Figuères
  4. ↑ The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the censuses of the population carried out in the commune since 1793. As of 2006, the legal populations of the communes are published annually by the INSEE .
  5. ↑ For the municipality, the first comprehensive census within the framework of the new system was carried out in 2006.
  6. ↑ footnote.
  7. ↑ footnote.
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