Brégnier-Cordon

Brégnier-Cordon
Brégnier-Cordon
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Brégnier-Cordon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Intercommunality	Rhône et Gland dite Terre d’eaux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Meriaudeau Robert
Area1	11.05 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	746
• Density	68/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01058 / 01300
Elevation	203–460 m (666–1,509 ft) (avg. 226 m or 741 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.

Brégnier-Cordon is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

The municipalities near the city are Izieu, Murs-et-Gélignieux, Prémeyzel, Saint-Genix Guiers, Champagneux, St. Benedict, Granieu, Peyrieu, Chimilin, Conzieu, and Romagnieu.

Geography

Brégnier-Cordon lies 20 km south of Belley. It is located in a bend of the Rhône on the edge of Savoy (on the southeast) and Isère (on the west). The bridge at Cordon joins the commune to Aoste, in the Isère department.

The territory of the commune lies principally in the plain of the Rhône at the foot of the Jura mountains. On the north, it is bordered by the Gland.

The Lake of Glandieu is located in the commune near the hamlet of the same name.

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View from the Chateau of Barre

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	514	—
1800	551	+7.2%
1806	566	+2.7%
1821	703	+24.2%
1831	706	+0.4%
1836	676	−4.2%
1841	759	+12.3%
1846	890	+17.3%
1851	885	−0.6%
1856	838	−5.3%
1861	712	−15.0%
1866	794	+11.5%
1872	758	−4.5%
1876	867	+14.4%
1881	876	+1.0%
1886	863	−1.5%
1891	834	−3.4%
1896	893	+7.1%
1901	905	+1.3%
1906	859	−5.1%
1911	771	−10.2%
1921	680	−11.8%
1926	673	−1.0%
1931	717	+6.5%
1936	690	−3.8%
1946	672	−2.6%
1954	595	−11.5%
1962	582	−2.2%
1968	502	−13.7%
1975	442	−12.0%
1982	502	+13.6%
1990	511	+1.8%
1999	566	+10.8%
2008	746	+31.8%

Transportation

The commune is on the D19 highway coming from Sault-Brénaz and going to the northwest. This becomes the D992 south of the commune and heads north toward Belley. The D10 passes north of the commune, connecting the D19 to the D992 without following the Rhône.

The closest motorway is the A43, accessed at the Chimilin–Les Abrets exit a few kilometers south of the commune.

Monuments and sites

• Château de la Barre
• Ruins of the feudal Château de Cordon
• Stone bridge over the Rhône
• Memorial to deported Jewish children
• Dam and hydroelectric power station on the Rhône
• Grotte de Liévrin : prehistoric cave classified as a monument historique in 1913
• Grotte de la Bonne Femme : natural cavity cut into the north flank of Cordon hill, occupied in paleotithic times and a monument historique since 1913
• Cascade de Glandieu : waterfall

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE