Frans, Ain

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Frans
Commune
Town hall
Location of Frans
(2020–2026)		Michelle Nuguet^[1]
Area ¹	7.98 km² (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,482
• Density	310/km² (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01166 /01480
Elevation	183–267 m (600–876 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Frans (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃]), known colloquially as Frans-les-Vernes, is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Géography

The village is located in the south-western part of the Ain department in the fertile Val de Saône some 35 km north of Lyon and 4 km east of Villefranche-sur-Saône.

Population

The inhabitants of Frans are called Franvernois

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	214	—
1800	208	−0.41%
1806	281	+5.14%
1821	338	+1.24%
1831	312	−0.80%
1836	325	+0.82%
1841	339	+0.85%
1846	371	+1.82%
1851	379	+0.43%
1856	355	−1.30%
1861	380	+1.37%
1866	401	+1.08%
1872	400	−0.04%
1876	383	−1.08%
1881	373	−0.53%
1886	349	−1.32%
1891	351	+0.11%
1896	368	+0.95%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	372	+0.22%
1906	388	+0.85%
1911	360	−1.49%
1921	347	−0.37%
1926	384	+2.05%
1931	391	+0.36%
1936	404	+0.66%
1946	416	+0.29%
1954	455	+1.13%
1962	478	+0.62%
1968	528	+1.67%
1975	752	+5.18%
1982	1,000	+4.16%
1990	1,549	+5.62%
1999	1,848	+1.98%
2007	1,972	+0.82%
2012	1,972	+0.00%
2017	2,351	+3.58%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

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