Meximieux

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Coordinates: 45°54′19″N 5°11′43″E / 45.9052777778, 5.19527777778

Commune of Meximieux

Location
Meximieux (France)
Meximieux
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton Meximieux
Intercommunality Plaine de l'Ain
Mayor Christian Bussy
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 206 m–310 m
(avg. 226 m)
Land area¹ 13,75 km²
Population²
(2006)		 7 217
 - Density 524,9/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 01244/ 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.
France

Meximieux is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France. Its inhabitants are known as Meximiards.

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[edit] Geography

Located 35km north east of Lyon and 10km from Ambérieu-en-Bugey, the town is where the Dombes plateau meets the plain of the Ain River. Historically, Meximieux was part of the former province of Bresse. Over the centuries its importance has developed from its location on the main route between Lyon and Geneva, and it now lies on the Autoroute 42 from Lyon.

[edit] History

Records of Meximieux date back to Roman times when it home to a small farming settlement called Maximiacus.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Meximieux has been twinned with German town of Denkendorf, in Baden-Württemberg since 1986.

The town was the birthplace of Claude Favre de Vaugelas, a 17th-century grammarian and man of letters.

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