Torcieu
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Location of Torcieu  | |
  Torcieu  Torcieu | |
| Coordinates: 45°55′00″N 5°24′00″E / 45.9167°N 5.4°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Belley |
| Canton | Ambérieu-en-Bugey |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Albarine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Françoise Giraudet |
| Area 1 | 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 685 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/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
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 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% |
| 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
References
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