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Villars-les-Dombes
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Villars-les-Dombes (, literally Villars near Dombes) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as Villardois.
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Villars-les-Dombes is a commune in France, situated within the Ain department and the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse. It serves as the capital of the canton of Villars-les-Dombes. The municipality is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and shares borders with Birieux, Bouligneux, La Chapelle-du-Châtelard, and Lapeyrouse. Its official name is Villars-les-Dombes, also referred to as Villars, and it is named after Dombes.
The area covers 24.65 square kilometers with an elevation of 295 meters above sea level. The postal code is 01330. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 5,163 residents (2,344 male and 2,451 female) and another citing 4,587. The town’s official website is available online, and it maintains contact via email and telephone.
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Vinony's link graph records 420 inbound references to Villars-les-Dombes, and connects out to France, time zone and Lyon.
It sits within the topics Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia, Communes of Ain and Dombes.
Vinony links it to 53 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Villars-les-Dombes
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,587
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Key facts
- French commune.INSEE
- 01443
- French commune.name
- Villars-les-Dombes
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Mairie de Villars-les-Dombes.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Villars-les-Dombes (Ain).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Bourg-en-Bresse
- French commune.canton
- Villars-les-Dombes
- French commune.postal code
- 01330
- French commune.mayor
- Pierre Larrieu
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Dombes
- French commune.elevation m
- 279
- French commune.elevation min m
- 263
- French commune.elevation max m
- 295
- French commune.area km2
- 24.63
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Dombes
- Official name
- Villars
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4946
- Area
- 24.65
- Elevation
- 280
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Versailleux
- Official website
- www.villars-les-dombes.fr
- Image
- Église Nativité Ste Vierge Villars Dombes 35.jpg
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- Commons category
- Villars-les-Dombes
- topic's main category
- Category:Villars-les-Dombes
- postal code
- 01330
- associated electoral district
- canton of Villars-les-Dombes
- male population
- 2344
- female population
- 2451
- P8168
- Leptopelis barbouri
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-74-98-03-54
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Population
- See also
- References
- External links
Villars-les-Dombes (, literally Villars near Dombes) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as Villardois.
==Geography== The town is located within Ain, half-way between Lyon (33 km) and Bourg-en-Bresse (29 km), in the heart of the area known as the Dombes, notable for its hundreds of lakes which are waterfowl habitats and are suitable for breeding fish. Its ornithological park, Parc des Oiseaux, is the largest in France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villars-les-Dombes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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