Coligny, Ain

Coligny
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Coligny
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Coordinates: 46°22′59″N 5°20′46″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Intercommunality	Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Raffin[1]
Area ^1	16.87 km^2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,227
• Density	73/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01108 /01270
Elevation	199–575 m (653–1,886 ft) (avg. 293 m or 961 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coligny (French pronunciation: [kɔliɲi]; Arpitan: Colignê) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The commune lies near Bourg-en-Bresse; the Solnan forms its southwestern border.

The god of Coligny.

Gaulish background

The God of Coligny

Coligny, called is famed for the Coligny calendar. This lunisolar calendar, which dates from second-century Roman Gaul, has been key in the understanding of the knowledge of astronomy among the Gauls and also supplied interesting information about the Gaulish language, such as the names of months and the words for "lucky" and "unlucky." It was an engraved bronze tablet originally discovered as fragments in 1897.^[3] It is written in the Latin alphabet and it represents a five-year cycle composed of three years having twelve lunar months and two years (the first and third) having thirteen lunar months.

At the end of the 19th century, a bronze statue was discovered in the town, christened the Dieu de Coligny "God of Coligny."

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,111	—
1975	1,077	−0.44%
1982	1,132	+0.71%
1990	1,117	−0.17%
1999	1,091	−0.26%
2007	1,147	+0.63%
2012	1,166	+0.33%
2017	1,181	+0.26%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities

Coligny was the birthplace of Joseph Darnand (1897–1945), a French pro-Nazi traitor and leader of the Vichy French Milice.

Lexicographer and poet Marie-Marguerite Brun (1713–1794) was born in Coligny.

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Coligny Calendar". Archived from the original on 17 September 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2004. Roman-Britain.org
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official site
• The almanac of Coligny