Izernore

Izernore (French pronunciation: [izɛʁnɔʁ]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. An ancient Roman bronze hoard consisting of a patera and an oval dish was found in Izernore in 1845 and is now in the British Museum's collection.^[3]

Izernore

Izernore
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Izernore
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Coordinates: 46°13′00″N 5°33′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Nantua
Canton	Pont-d'Ain
Intercommunality	Haut-Bugey Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvie Comuzzi[1]
Area 1	20.86 km2 (8.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,267
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01192 /01580
Elevation	450–650 m (1,480–2,130 ft) (avg. 452 m or 1,483 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 941 —     1800 978 +0.55% 1806 1,016 +0.64% 1821 1,057 +0.26% 1831 1,005 −0.50% 1836 985 −0.40% 1841 1,011 +0.52% 1846 1,103 +1.76% 1851 1,103 +0.00% 1856 1,084 −0.35% 1861 1,044 −0.75% 1866 1,011 −0.64% 1872 1,021 +0.16% 1876 1,064 +1.04% 1881 1,079 +0.28% 1886 1,129 +0.91% 1891 1,016 −2.09% 1896 932 −1.71%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 879 −1.16% 1906 757 −2.94% 1911 660 −2.71% 1921 633 −0.42% 1926 601 −1.03% 1931 563 −1.30% 1936 593 +1.04% 1946 553 −0.70% 1954 557 +0.09% 1962 548 −0.20% 1968 520 −0.87% 1975 682 +3.95% 1982 975 +5.24% 1990 1,170 +2.31% 1999 1,656 +3.94% 2007 2,230 +3.79% 2012 2,309 +0.70% 2017 2,247 −0.54%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Personalities

It was the birthplace of St. Eugendus (born c. 449).

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 22 November 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "British Museum Collection". Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Izernore, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE