Joyeux
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Commune of Joyeux |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ain |
Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse |
Canton | Meximieux |
Intercommunality | Plaine de l'Ain |
Mayor | Marius Brocard (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 272 m–298 m (avg. 285 m) |
Land area¹ | 16,58 km² |
Population² (1999) |
206 |
- Density | 12/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 01198/ 01800 |
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Joyeux is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France.
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[edit] Geography
Joyeux lies less than 5 km from the wildlife park at Villars-les-Dombes and 40 km from Lyon in the natural region of the Dombes, a wide extent of middle and upper Pleistocene moraine left near the margin of the Alpine ice sheets. The commune includes some thirty lakes which together represent some 4 square kilometres of water. The land between them is of gravel, sand and clay.
[edit] History
The fief of Joyeux was mentioned in the 12th century. In the 15th century, it was in the possession of the Villars family.
On 13 February 2006, a wild duck was found dead on the fen. It was the first attested case of the presence of the bird flu virus H5N1 in France.
[edit] Administration
Period | Name | Party | Background |
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March 2001 | Marius Brocard | retired agricultural worker |
Earlier data are not yet known.
[edit] Demography
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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135 | 146 | 142 | 151 | 171 | 206 |
Number recorded beginning in 1962 : Population without double counting
[edit] Sites and monuments
Old farms typical of the region. The 19th century Château de Joyeux.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Joyeux on the IGN (Institut Géographique Nationale) site In French
- English route into the IGN site Geography
- Joyeux on the INSEE site demography in French
- English route into the INSEE site Demography
- Communes nearest to Joyeux
- Find Joyeux on the map of France
- Plan of Joyeux on Mapquest
- La Dombes and the city of Joyeux