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Pougny is a commune in France, situated in the Ain department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has at various times been part of the arrondissement of Gex and the arrondissement of Nantua. The municipality shares borders with Challex, Collonges, Farges, and Péron, and is located next to the Rhône river. Its elevation is 463 meters above sea level.
The commune was established on 27 July 1826 and covers an area of 7.77 square kilometers. It has a population of 871, comprising 399 males and 413 females. The postal code for the area is 01550. Associated electoral districts include the canton of Thoiry and the canton of Collonges.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pougny
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 727
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Ain
- Arrondissement
- Gex
- Canton
- Thoiry
- Intercommunality
- CA Pays de Gex
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Annie Marcelot
- Area
- 7.77 km (3.00 sq mi)
- Density
- 112/km (290/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 01308 /01550
- Elevation
- 333–461 m (1,093–1,512 ft) , (avg. 406 m or 1,332 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Pougny
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Gex
- Population
- 871
- Area
- 7.77
- Elevation
- 392
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Shares border with
- Vulbens
- Official website
- www.pougny01.com
- Image
- PontdeChancy.JPG
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- Commons category
- Pougny (Ain)
- postal code
- 01550
- different from
- Pougny
- inception
- 1826-07-27
- associated electoral district
- canton of Collonges
- male population
- 399
- female population
- 413
- P8168
- Der Standard
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-56-78-77
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Encyclopedic overview
Pougny ( French pronunciation: [puɲi]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It lies near the border with Switzerland and is the first French village to be crossed by the Rhône, and a hydro-electric station constructed in 1926 which it shares with the Swiss village of Chancy is named after it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pougny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.