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Valserhône
Sign in to saveValserhône (; ) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2019, of the communes of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille and Lancrans. In 2018, the three communes had a combined population of 16,431, with Bellegarde-sur-Valserine as the major population centre. This makes Valserhône the third-most populated commune of Ain, after Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax.
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Place details
- Locality
- Valserhône
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 11,699
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Valserhône
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Village de Lancrans - 2017 - 21.JPG
- French commune.arrondissement
- Nantua
- French commune.canton
- Valserhône
- French commune.INSEE
- 01033
- French commune.postal code
- 01200
- French commune.mayor
- Régis Petit
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Terre Valserhône
- French commune.elevation m
- 485
- French commune.elevation min m
- 330
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1606
- French commune.area km2
- 62.54
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Valserine
- Official name
- Valserhône
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nantua
- Population
- 16712
- Area
- 62.54
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Capital of
- canton of Valserhône
- Shares border with
- Haut Valromey
- Legal form
- commune nouvelle
- Official website
- www.valserhone.fr
- Image
- Vue aérienne de Bellegarde Sur Valserine.jpg
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- replaces
- Lancrans
- Commons category
- Valserhône
- postal code
- 01200
- topic's main category
- Category:Valserhône
- inception
- 2019-01-01
- male population
- 8111
- female population
- 8312
- P8168
- Vitis rupestris
- associated electoral district
- canton of Valserhône
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Climate
- Population
- See also
- References
Valserhône (; ) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2019, of the communes of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille and Lancrans. In 2018, the three communes had a combined population of 16,431, with Bellegarde-sur-Valserine as the major population centre. This makes Valserhône the third-most populated commune of Ain, after Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax.
==Geography== Valserhône is located at the confluence of the Valserine and the Rhône. It was named after the two rivers. The commune is part of Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valserhône” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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