Arbignieu

Arbignieu
Part of Arboys en Bugey
Church in Peyzieu
Coat of arms
Location of Arbignieu
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Coordinates: 45°43′46″N 5°39′04″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Commune	Arboys en Bugey
Area ^1	13.07 km^2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	525
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	01300
Elevation	221–495 m (725–1,624 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arbignieu (French pronunciation: [aʁbiɲø]) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Arboys en Bugey.^[2]

Geography

The commune is located 4 km south-west of Belley and 30 km north-west of Chambery. It is traversed by the Tour du Bugey trail. It lies in the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone for wine from Bugey with the label "Roussette du Bugey-Arbignieu".

The commune can be accessed on the D69 from Belley in the north-east which continues west to Colomieu. The D100 road also branches from the D49 at the northern edge of the commune and goes south along the eastern side of the commune joining the D10 which passes through the commune from the D992 in the east through the hamlet of Peyzieu then south-west to Saint-Bois. There are three hamlets in the commune other than Arbignieu: Thoys, Slignieu, and Peyzieu. The commune is approximately half farmland and half forest with most of the forest along the western border.^[3]

The Furans river forms the eastern border of the commune and then flows east to join the Rhone. The Ruisseau d'Armaille flows from west to east across the commune into the Furans.^[3]

The Furans near Peyzieu

Administration

List of mayors of Arbignieu^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2014	Daniel Girardet
2014	2015	Charles Berger

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arbignolans or Arbignolanes in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	464	—
2011	484	+0.85%
2021	525	+0.82%
Source: INSEE[6][1]

Sites and monuments

• The Ball of Gargantua (stone cups)
• The ruins of the Chateau of Longecombe, a former Fief owned by the Luyrieu Family in the 14th century.
• The Fortified house of Thoy or Thuey
• General Parra's House (18th century) at Sillignieu
• The Church of Peyzieu, a hamlet in Arbignieu

Notable people linked to the commune

• Césaire Nivière (1799-1879), agronomist, was born in Peyzieu in the current territory of the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
2. Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2021-11-21 at the Wayback Machine 29 September 2015 (in French)
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Le nom des habitants du 01 - Ain, habitants.fr
6. Populations légales 2011, INSEE

External links

• Arbignieu on the old National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arbignieu on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arbignieu on the 1750 Cassini Map