Saint-Didier-de-Formans

Saint-Didier-de-Formans
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Didier-de-Formans
Location of Saint-Didier-de-Formans
Saint-Didier-de-Formans Saint-Didier-de-Formans
Coordinates: 45°57′26″N 4°46′52″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Trévoux
Intercommunality	Saône Vallée
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Frédéric Vallos
Area 1	6.54 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,141
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01347 /01600
Elevation	179–258 m (587–846 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.

Saint-Didier-de-Formans is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 410 —     1800 350 −14.6% 1806 394 +12.6% 1821 507 +28.7% 1831 560 +10.5% 1836 642 +14.6% 1841 658 +2.5% 1846 650 −1.2% 1851 686 +5.5% 1856 700 +2.0% 1861 616 −12.0% 1866 661 +7.3% 1872 632 −4.4% 1876 632 +0.0% 1881 585 −7.4% 1886 546 −6.7% 1891 533 −2.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 507 −4.9% 1901 515 +1.6% 1906 570 +10.7% 1911 520 −8.8% 1921 519 −0.2% 1926 577 +11.2% 1931 576 −0.2% 1936 548 −4.9% 1946 476 −13.1% 1954 599 +25.8% 1962 627 +4.7% 1968 648 +3.3% 1975 665 +2.6% 1982 992 +49.2% 1990 1,288 +29.8% 1999 1,544 +19.9% 2008 1,782 +15.4%

Personalities

The historian Marc Bloch (1886-1944) was executed by the Gestapo here.

See also

• Communes of the Ain department