Thoiry, Ain

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

Thoiry
Commune
Thoiry in the foreground, with Geneva, Annemasse and the Alps in the background
Coat of arms
Location of Thoiry
Thoiry Show map of France Thoiry Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°14′14″N 5°58′50″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Thoiry
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Muriel Bénier[1]
Area 1	28.93 km2 (11.17 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,136
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01419 /01710
Elevation	400–1,720 m (1,310–5,640 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The little village was the scene of the September 1926 meeting between Aristide Briand of France and Gustav Stresemann of Germany. During the meeting the two discussed proposals for finally settling the various claims from the First World War, and their common interest in the then-fashionable paneuropean ideas. Ultimately, however, the meeting came to be a missed chance on the road to European integration, as neither statesman could carry domestic opinion with them on these issues.

The highest peak in the Jura Mountains, the Crêt de la Neige, is located in the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,114 —     1800 1,178 +0.80% 1806 1,101 −1.12% 1821 1,183 +0.48% 1831 1,290 +0.87% 1836 1,435 +2.15% 1841 1,443 +0.11% 1846 1,499 +0.76% 1851 1,408 −1.24% 1856 1,423 +0.21% 1861 1,460 +0.51% 1866 1,423 −0.51% 1872 1,393 −0.35% 1876 1,356 −0.67% 1881 1,319 −0.55% 1886 1,295 −0.37% 1891 1,349 +0.82% 1896 1,356 +0.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,290 −0.99% 1906 1,280 −0.16% 1911 1,202 −1.25% 1921 1,013 −1.70% 1926 1,076 +1.21% 1931 1,063 −0.24% 1936 1,077 +0.26% 1946 987 −0.87% 1954 1,091 +1.26% 1962 1,130 +0.44% 1968 1,438 +4.10% 1975 1,859 +3.74% 1982 2,112 +1.84% 1990 3,015 +4.55% 1999 4,063 +3.37% 2007 4,842 +2.22% 2012 5,733 +3.44% 2017 6,038 +1.04%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "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 7 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 Thoiry, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE