Hautecourt-Romanèche

Hautecourt-Romanèche
Town hall Town hall
Hautecourt-Romanèche
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Hautecourt-Romanèche
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Ceyzériat
Intercommunality	La Vallière
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Brevet
Area1	21.60 km2 (8.34 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	748
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01184 / 01250
Elevation	260–548 m (853–1,798 ft) (avg. 324 m or 1,063 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.

Hautecourt-Romanèche is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

The commune comprises many villages and hamlets including: Challes, Chambod, Hautecourt, Merlot, Perroi, Romaneche, Soiriat and Villette.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,062	—
1800	1,058	−0.4%
1806	1,026	−3.0%
1821	1,040	+1.4%
1831	1,055	+1.4%
1836	952	−9.8%
1841	1,052	+10.5%
1846	1,085	+3.1%
1851	1,032	−4.9%
1856	1,010	−2.1%
1861	879	−13.0%
1866	860	−2.2%
1872	804	−6.5%
1876	822	+2.2%
1881	862	+4.9%
1886	882	+2.3%
1891	753	−14.6%
1896	731	−2.9%
1901	715	−2.2%
1906	641	−10.3%
1911	620	−3.3%
1921	524	−15.5%
1926	484	−7.6%
1931	503	+3.9%
1936	423	−15.9%
1946	347	−18.0%
1954	311	−10.4%
1962	257	−17.4%
1968	268	+4.3%
1975	456	+70.1%
1982	549	+20.4%
1990	588	+7.1%
1999	676	+15.0%
2008	748	+10.7%

Attractions

The commune's biggest tourist attraction is the Island of Chambod which also has a camp site. There is also the Donjon de Buenc which used to be an outpost along the Savoy frontier. The village of Hautecourt is also home to a rare type of cave which is only accessed once every seven years so as not to disturb the many species that are indigenous to it.

Sports

The commune also has a football team who regularly play in Hautecourt in their home colours of purple.

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE