Arbigny

Arbigny
Arbigny
Commune
	The Grand-Étang near Arbigny
	Location of Arbigny
	Arbigny Arbigny
	Coordinates: 46°28′14″N 4°57′48″E / 46.4706°N 4.9633°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Replonges
Intercommunality	CC Bresse Saône
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Daniel Gras
Area 1	17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi)
Population (2015)	453
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01016 /01190
Elevation	169–214 m (554–702 ft) ; (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arbigny is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arbignerons or Arbigneronnes^[1]

Geography

Arbigny is some 20 km north of Mâcon and 40 km south by south-east of Chalon-sur-Saône. The commune can be accessed by the D933 from Sermoyer in the north passing through the centre of the commune and village and continuing south to Pont-de-Vaux. The D126 runs west from the village changing to the D163 at the border of the commune and continuing to Uchizy. There are two other hamlets in the commune - La Croix and La Varenne. About 80% of the commune is farmland with the rest being the forested eastern part.^[2]

The western border of the commune is formed by the Saône river. In the north and east there are ponds which are drained by the Biel d'Etang Neuf and the Biel d'Etang Butière which flow west to the Saône.^[2]

History

The area has been occupied since prehistoric times. The village was known as Albiniacus in the Middle Ages.

Administration

List of mayors of Arbigny^[3]

From	To	Name
1995	2008	Christian Berardet
2008	2014	Michel Vieux
2014	2020	Daniel Gras

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 399 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

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Sites and monuments

The remains of an old Fortified Chateau
A Napoleonic milestone dated 1808
A Stone marker commemorating the landing fields of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, on the road to Uchizy just before the bridge over the Saône. The code name of the landing field was "JUNOT".
A Plaque honouring two young resistance fighters (Dupasquier and Clairmidi) murdered by the Nazis in 1944 at a place called "La Varenne".

Protected natural areas

The floodplains of the Saône Valley have been classified as protected areas since 1994.^[4]

Notes and references

Notes

^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1] , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

^ Inhabitants of Ain Template:Fr icon
^ ^a ^b Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France Template:Fr icon
^ Protection Zone for the wetlands of the Saône Valley, Préfectoral directive of 25 February 1994, Préfecture of Ain Template:Fr icon

[4] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1] , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

[1] Inhabitants of Ain Template:Fr icon

[Google-2] Google Maps

[3] List of Mayors of France Template:Fr icon

[5] Protection Zone for the wetlands of the Saône Valley, Préfectoral directive of 25 February 1994, Préfecture of Ain Template:Fr icon

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