Injoux-Génissiat

Injoux-Génissiat
Commune
Génissiat Dam
Location of Injoux-Génissiat
Injoux-Génissiat Injoux-Génissiat
Coordinates: 46°03′00″N 5°47′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Nantua
Canton	Valserhône
Intercommunality	CC du Pays Bellegardien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Mossaz
Area 1	29.61 km2 (11.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,123
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01189 /01200
Elevation	266–1,342 m (873–4,403 ft) (avg. 556 m or 1,824 ft)
Website	Municipal website
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Injoux-Génissiat (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃ʒu ʒenisja]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The village is beside the Génissiat Dam, a major hydro-electric dam on the Rhône.

Politics and administration

List of successive Mayors of Injoux-Génissiat

In office		Mayor	Party	Capacity	Ref.
1973	March 1983	René Neyret	PCF
March 1983	21 June 2004	Crescenzo Roland Méola	PCF	Died in office.
July 2004	June 2010	Jean-Luc Demarquet
June 2010	July 2020	Albert Cochet
July 2020	Incumbent	Denis Mossaz	DVG

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 324 —     1800 351 +8.3% 1806 418 +19.1% 1821 470 +12.4% 1831 623 +32.6% 1836 701 +12.5% 1841 774 +10.4% 1846 772 −0.3% 1851 730 −5.4% 1856 737 +1.0% 1861 733 −0.5% 1866 756 +3.1% 1872 701 −7.3% 1876 677 −3.4% 1881 731 +8.0% 1886 700 −4.2% 1891 721 +3.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 660 −8.5% 1901 573 −13.2% 1906 547 −4.5% 1911 519 −5.1% 1921 425 −18.1% 1926 344 −19.1% 1931 352 +2.3% 1936 379 +7.7% 1946 1,612 +325.3% 1954 921 −42.9% 1962 841 −8.7% 1968 788 −6.3% 1975 851 +8.0% 1982 750 −11.9% 1990 940 +25.3% 1999 970 +3.2% 2008 1,014 +4.5%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department