Mézériat

Mézériat
Commune
Town hall
Location of Mézériat
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Coordinates: 46°14′07″N 5°02′52″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Vonnas
Intercommunality	Veyle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Dupuit[1]
Area ^1	19.17 km^2 (7.40 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,192
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01246 /01660
Elevation	189–223 m (620–732 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mézériat (French pronunciation: [mezeʁja]; Arpitan: Mesèriê) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The Veyle flows west through the southern part of the commune, crosses the village, then flows southwest and forms part of the commune's southwestern border. Mézériat station has rail connections to Bourg-en-Bresse, Ambérieu-en-Bugey and Mâcon.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 701 —     1800 1,041 +5.81% 1806 1,093 +0.82% 1821 1,175 +0.48% 1831 1,208 +0.28% 1836 1,234 +0.43% 1841 1,209 −0.41% 1846 1,306 +1.56% 1851 1,287 −0.29% 1856 1,306 +0.29% 1861 1,301 −0.08% 1866 1,347 +0.70% 1872 1,354 +0.09% 1876 1,405 +0.93% 1881 1,425 +0.28% 1886 1,402 −0.32% 1891 1,416 +0.20% 1896 1,422 +0.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,427 +0.07% 1906 1,420 −0.10% 1911 1,441 +0.29% 1921 1,313 −0.93% 1926 1,317 +0.06% 1931 1,305 −0.18% 1936 1,353 +0.73% 1946 1,298 −0.41% 1954 1,239 −0.58% 1962 1,272 +0.33% 1968 1,298 +0.34% 1975 1,660 +3.58% 1982 1,879 +1.79% 1990 1,995 +0.75% 1999 1,911 −0.48% 2007 2,018 +0.68% 2012 2,111 +0.91% 2017 2,172 +0.57%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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 6 May 2024.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mézériat, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE

External links

• Mézériat website