Brégnier-Cordon

Brégnier-Cordon
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Brégnier-Cordon
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Coordinates: 45°39′00″N 5°37′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Intercommunality	Bugey Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Vergain[1]
Area ^1	11.05 km^2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	818
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01058 /01300
Elevation	203–460 m (666–1,509 ft) (avg. 226 m or 741 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brégnier-Cordon (French pronunciation: [bʁeɲe kɔʁdɔ̃]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

Brégnier-Cordon lies 20 km south of Belley. It is located in a bend of the Rhône on the edge of Savoie (on the southeast) and Isère (on the west). The bridge at Cordon joins the commune to Aoste, in the Isère department. It borders the communes of Groslée-Saint-Benoît, Prémeyzel, Izieu, Murs-et-Gélignieux, Champagneux, Saint-Genix-les-Villages, Aoste and Les Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin.

The territory of the commune lies principally in the plain of the Rhône at the foot of the Jura mountains. On the north, it is bordered by the Gland.

The Lake and Falls of Glandieu are located in the commune near the hamlet of the same name.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	502	—
1975	442	−1.80%
1982	502	+1.84%
1990	511	+0.22%
1999	566	+1.14%
2007	699	+2.67%
2012	889	+4.93%
2017	839	−1.15%
Source: INSEE[3]

Transportation

The commune is on the D19 highway coming from Sault-Brénaz and going to the northwest. This becomes the D992 south of the commune and heads north toward Belley. The D10 passes north of the commune, connecting the D19 to the D992 without following the Rhône.

The closest motorway is the A43, accessed at the Chimilin–Les Abrets exit a few kilometers south of the commune.

Sights

• Château de la Barre
• Ruins of the feudal Château de Cordon
• Stone bridge over the Rhône
• Memorial to deported Jewish children
• Dam and hydroelectric power station on the Rhône
• Grotte de Liévrin : prehistoric cave classified as a monument historique in 1913
• Grotte de la Bonne Femme : natural cavity cut into the north flank of Cordon hill, occupied in paleolithic times and a monument historique since 1913
• Cascade de Glandieu : waterfall

View from the Chateau of Barre

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 26 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE