Belleydoux

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Commune of Belleydoux
Administration
Country France
Région Rhône-Alpes
Département Ain
Arrondissement Nantua
Canton Oyonnax-Nord
Mayor Lucien Maire
(2001-2007)
Statistics
Altitude m–m
(avg. 834 m)
Land area¹ 17.63 km²
Population²
(1999)
281
 - Density () 3.4/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 01035/ 01130
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Belleydoux is a commune in the French département of Ain, near the town of Oyonnax.

[edit] Geography

The village of Belleydoux is situated at the southernmost end of the Hautes-Combes in the Haut-Jura, and lies in the Semine valley, a tributary of the Rhône via the Valserine river. The village is overlooked by the Roche Fauconnière cliff.