Béligneux

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Béligneux

(2023–2026) Philippe Ferrand^[1]Area

13.30 km² (5.14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,434 • Density260/km² (670/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

01032 /01360

Elevation210–275 m (689–902 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Béligneux (French pronunciation: [beliɲø]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

It lies about 30 km northeast of Lyon. The commune includes part of the village of La Valbonne at the foot of the hill (the rest belongs to the neighboring commune of Balan) and the hamlet of Chânes.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,022	—
1975	1,341	+3.96%
1982	1,486	+1.48%
1990	2,319	+5.72%
1999	2,594	+1.25%
2007	2,851	+1.19%
2012	3,172	+2.16%
2017	3,333	+1.00%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 26 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE