Belley
Sign in to saveBelley (; Arpitan: Bèlê) is a subprefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France. It is the capital of the historical region of Bugey, although not its largest city, which is Oyonnax, to the north.
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Belley is a town in eastern France that serves as a subprefecture (a secondary administrative center) of the Ain department. Though it is the historical capital of the Bugey region, it is smaller than Oyonnax, another major city in the area.
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- Locality
- Belley
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 9,145
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Belley (; Arpitan: Bèlê) is a subprefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France. It is the capital of the historical region of Bugey, although not its largest city, which is Oyonnax, to the north.
== History == Belley is of Roman origin; in the 5th century it became an episcopal see. It was the capital of the province of Bugey, which was a dependency of Savoy till 1601, when it was ceded to France. In 1385 the town was almost entirely destroyed by an act of arson, but was sequentially rebuilt by the dukes of Savoy, who surrounded it with ramparts of which little is left.