Ain

Ain (; ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it borders the cantons of Geneva and Vaud. In 2023 it had a population of 679,344.

France's fall

thumb|Ambarrian gold coin The Ambarri were a Gallic people dwelling in the modern Ain department during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

1944 Gestapo Roundup of Jewish children in Izieu, France

castle in Les Allymes, France