Lent, Ain

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Lent

Coat of arms
Lent
Coordinates: 46°07′13″N 5°11′47″E / 46.1203°N 5.1964°E / 46.1203; 5.1964Coordinates: 46°07′13″N 5°11′47″E / 46.1203°N 5.1964°E / 46.1203; 5.1964
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton Péronnas
Intercommunality Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Buellet
Area
  Land1 31.48 km2 (12.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 1,266
  Population2 Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 01211 / 01240
Elevation 240–296 m (787–971 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lent is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

It has been part of the intercommunality of Bourg-en-Bresse since 2001, when it was created.

Geography

The Veyle flows northward through the middle of the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 830    
1800 941+13.4%
1806 931−1.1%
1821 1,039+11.6%
1831 1,062+2.2%
1836 1,051−1.0%
1841 1,039−1.1%
1846 1,173+12.9%
1851 1,159−1.2%
1856 1,087−6.2%
1861 1,155+6.3%
1866 1,234+6.8%
1872 1,181−4.3%
1876 1,253+6.1%
1881 1,227−2.1%
1886 1,186−3.3%
1891 1,184−0.2%
1896 1,121−5.3%
1901 1,107−1.2%
1906 1,108+0.1%
1911 1,051−5.1%
1921 921−12.4%
1926 851−7.6%
1931 814−4.3%
1936 781−4.1%
1946 750−4.0%
1954 729−2.8%
1962 721−1.1%
1968 778+7.9%
1975 801+3.0%
1982 976+21.8%
1990 1,043+6.9%
1999 1,145+9.8%
2008 1,266+10.6%

See also

References

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