Groslée

Groslée
Part of Groslée-Saint-Benoît
Location of Groslée
Groslée Groslée
Coordinates: 45°43′00″N 5°34′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Lagnieu
Commune	Groslée-Saint-Benoît
Area 1	7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	370
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	01680
Elevation	202–1,000 m (663–3,281 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Groslée (French pronunciation: [ɡʁole]) is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Groslée-Saint-Benoît.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 576 —     1800 479 −16.8% 1806 589 +23.0% 1821 614 +4.2% 1831 622 +1.3% 1836 629 +1.1% 1841 717 +14.0% 1846 756 +5.4% 1851 670 −11.4% 1856 693 +3.4% 1861 680 −1.9% 1866 700 +2.9% 1872 683 −2.4% 1876 656 −4.0% 1881 617 −5.9% 1886 667 +8.1% 1891 620 −7.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 545 −12.1% 1901 515 −5.5% 1906 512 −0.6% 1911 521 +1.8% 1921 422 −19.0% 1926 386 −8.5% 1931 374 −3.1% 1936 369 −1.3% 1946 359 −2.7% 1954 326 −9.2% 1962 356 +9.2% 1968 317 −11.0% 1975 241 −24.0% 1982 267 +10.8% 1990 286 +7.1% 1999 333 +16.4% 2008 350 +5.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department
• Lac de Crotel