Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans

Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis də ɡuʁdɑ̃]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans
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Coordinates: 45°49′00″N 5°12′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Lagnieu
Intercommunality	Plaine de l'Ain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Venet[1]
Area 1	25.4 km2 (9.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,748
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01378 /01800
Elevation	182–244 m (597–801 ft) (avg. 204 m or 669 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,019 —     1800 898 −1.79% 1806 951 +0.96% 1821 1,032 +0.55% 1831 1,144 +1.04% 1836 1,174 +0.52% 1841 1,127 −0.81% 1846 1,187 +1.04% 1851 1,189 +0.03% 1856 1,197 +0.13% 1861 1,188 −0.15% 1866 1,205 +0.28% 1872 1,114 −1.30% 1876 1,149 +0.78% 1881 1,113 −0.63% 1886 1,135 +0.39% 1891 1,066 −1.25% 1896 1,065 −0.02%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,019 −0.88% 1906 914 −2.15% 1911 854 −1.35% 1921 770 −1.03% 1926 740 −0.79% 1931 737 −0.08% 1936 720 −0.47% 1946 707 −0.18% 1954 683 −0.43% 1962 683 +0.00% 1968 688 +0.12% 1975 994 +5.40% 1982 1,157 +2.19% 1990 1,575 +3.93% 1999 1,949 +2.40% 2007 2,354 +2.39% 2012 2,472 +0.98% 2017 2,572 +0.80%
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 24 March 2021.
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 Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE