Nattages

Nattages
Part of Parves-et-Nattages
Suspension bridge over the Rhone
Location of Nattages
Nattages Nattages
Coordinates: 45°44′00″N 5°46′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Commune	Parves-et-Nattages
Area 1	10.33 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	592
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	01300
Elevation	220–663 m (722–2,175 ft) (avg. 310 m or 1,020 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nattages (French pronunciation: [nataʒ]) is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Parves-et-Nattages.

It contains the ruins of the Chateau Montbel, the romanesque chapel of Chemillieu and a church rebuilt in the 17th century.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1872 644 —     1876 596 −7.5% 1881 563 −5.5% 1886 554 −1.6% 1891 563 +1.6% 1896 540 −4.1% 1901 472 −12.6% 1906 506 +7.2% 1911 503 −0.6% 1921 393 −21.9% 1926 390 −0.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 351 −10.0% 1936 336 −4.3% 1946 322 −4.2% 1954 300 −6.8% 1962 266 −11.3% 1968 232 −12.8% 1975 231 −0.4% 1982 266 +15.2% 1990 322 +21.1% 1999 393 +22.0% 2008 549 +39.7%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department