Torcieu

Torcieu
Commune
The town hall in Torcieu
Location of Torcieu
Torcieu Torcieu
Coordinates: 45°55′00″N 5°24′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Giraudet
Area 1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	744
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01421 /01230
Elevation	257–782 m (843–2,566 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the river Albarine, which flows west through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 750 —     1800 531 −29.2% 1806 923 +73.8% 1821 918 −0.5% 1831 992 +8.1% 1836 919 −7.4% 1841 881 −4.1% 1846 904 +2.6% 1851 879 −2.8% 1856 1,052 +19.7% 1861 797 −24.2% 1866 768 −3.6% 1872 741 −3.5% 1876 717 −3.2% 1881 680 −5.2% 1886 641 −5.7% 1891 625 −2.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 604 −3.4% 1901 562 −7.0% 1906 511 −9.1% 1911 478 −6.5% 1921 488 +2.1% 1926 490 +0.4% 1931 533 +8.8% 1936 497 −6.8% 1946 460 −7.4% 1954 469 +2.0% 1962 448 −4.5% 1968 429 −4.2% 1975 460 +7.2% 1982 543 +18.0% 1990 569 +4.8% 1999 646 +13.5% 2008 685 +6.0%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department