Crozet, Ain

Crozet
Crozet
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Gex
Intercommunality	Pays de Gex
Mayor	Henri Piney (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	463–1,680 m (1,519–5,510 ft) (avg. 541 m or 1,775 ft)
Land area1	27.47 km2 (10.61 sq mi)
Population2	1,766  (2008)
- Density	64 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01135/ 01170
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Crozet is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Crozet is nestled at the foot of the Jura mountains in eastern France several miles from the Swiss city of Geneva and a bit less than 100 miles (161 km) from the French city of Lyon. It is also near the Genève-Cointrin airport.

Its chief attraction is a cable car which carries hikers to the top of the Jura during the summer and serves a small ski resort during the winter. It has several sporting clubs: the St-Genis-Ferney-Crozet sporting association (soccer), a tennis club, and a ski club. Other places of interest include the remains of the château de Rossillon, a church (reconstructed around 1830), the Crozet forest, and the Monts-Jura ski station.

Religious history

Saint Peter Chanel, later to die as a missionary in the Pacific and be declared a martyr and eventually canonised, was parish priest of Crozet between 1827 and 1830, and Church histories credit him with having at a short time revitalized this then run down parish.

Population

Historical population of Crozet, Ain

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	410	440	711	961	1164	1349	1766

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Lelex-Crozet
• Monts Jura resort
• Crozet's webpage (French)
• Crozet's ski club (French)