Albigny-sur-Saône | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Albigny-sur-Saône  | |
  Albigny-sur-Saône  Albigny-sur-Saône | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′56″N 4°49′56″E / 45.8655°N 4.8321°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Metropolis | Lyon Metropolis |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Yves Chipier[1] |
Area 1 | 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,013 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 69003 /69250 |
| Elevation | 167–411 m (548–1,348 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Albigny-sur-Saône (French pronunciation: [albiɲi syʁ son], literally Albigny on Saône,, before 1962: Albigny)[3] is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-eastern France. The town was founded thousands of years ago in Roman times, probably around 40 BC over sacred ground of the Gallic Segusiavi tribe, and likely re-named after Clodius Albinus in the early 3rd century AD.
An affluent community the town has two schools, including a Montessori bilingual French-English school, a public library, a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon, a 12th-century castle, two doctors, two dentists, a pharmacy, and a small shopping centre.
In 2020, Albigny had a population of approximately 3,000.
Surrounding communes
[edit]History
[edit]On 1 January 2015 Albigny-sur-Saône left the department of Rhône to join the Metropolis of Lyon.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,506 | — |
| 1975 | 2,405 | −0.59% |
| 1982 | 2,653 | +1.41% |
| 1990 | 2,836 | +0.84% |
| 1999 | 2,673 | −0.66% |
| 2007 | 2,744 | +0.33% |
| 2012 | 2,793 | +0.35% |
| 2017 | 2,880 | +0.62% |
| 2022 | 3,013 | +0.91% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Décret du 2 mars 1962 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0055, 7 March 1962, p. 2308.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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