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Challex
Sign in to saveChallex (Arpitan: Chalês '''') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
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Challex is a commune in France, situated in the Ain department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is located near the Rhône river and shares borders with Péron, Pougny, Dardagny, and Avully. The municipality has an area of 8.67 square kilometers and an elevation of 516 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 01630.
The population of Challex is recorded as 1,632, comprising 708 males and 773 females. It is associated with the cantons of Thoiry and Collonges, and has at various times been part of the arrondissements of Gex and Nantua. The official name of the locality is Challex.
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Place details
- Locality
- Challex
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,158
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Challex
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- ChallexDepuisAvully-20081018.jpg
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Challex (Ain).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Gex
- French commune.canton
- Thoiry
- French commune.INSEE
- 01078
- French commune.postal code
- 01630
- French commune.mayor
- Aline Hofer Favre
- French commune.term
- 2023–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Pays de Gex
- French commune.elevation m
- 525
- French commune.elevation min m
- 330
- French commune.elevation max m
- 516
- French commune.area km2
- 8.67
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- Challex
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Gex
- Population
- 1632
- Area
- 8.67
- Elevation
- 441
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Shares border with
- Chancy
- Official website
- challex.fr
- Image
- ChallexDepuisAvully-20081018.jpg
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- Commons category
- Challex
- postal code
- 01630
- associated electoral district
- canton of Thoiry
- male population
- 708
- female population
- 773
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-56-30-10
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Population
- See also
- References
Challex (Arpitan: Chalês '''') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Challex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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