Priay

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Priay

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Priay
Coordinates: 46°00′14″N 5°17′28″E / 46.004°N 5.291°E / 46.004; 5.291Coordinates: 46°00′14″N 5°17′28″E / 46.004°N 5.291°E / 46.004; 5.291
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton Pont-d'Ain
Intercommunality Pont-d'Ain, Priay, Varambon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Danielle Blanchet
Area
  Land1 15.77 km2 (6.09 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 1,447
  Population2 Density 92/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 01314 / 01160
Elevation 222–342 m (728–1,122 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 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.

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

It contains the La mère Bourgeois restaurant, which was a 3-starred Michelin restaurant between 1933 and 1937.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 1,031    
1800 1,017−1.4%
1806 974−4.2%
1821 854−12.3%
1831 895+4.8%
1836 947+5.8%
1841 1,036+9.4%
1846 1,070+3.3%
1851 1,097+2.5%
1856 1,019−7.1%
1861 987−3.1%
1866 1,033+4.7%
1872 1,023−1.0%
1876 1,061+3.7%
1881 1,006−5.2%
1886 1,028+2.2%
1891 1,013−1.5%
1896 991−2.2%
1901 935−5.7%
1906 905−3.2%
1911 893−1.3%
1921 742−16.9%
1926 757+2.0%
1931 702−7.3%
1936 702+0.0%
1946 645−8.1%
1954 703+9.0%
1962 709+0.9%
1968 710+0.1%
1975 771+8.6%
1982 787+2.1%
1990 948+20.5%
1999 1,152+21.5%
2008 1,447+25.6%

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