Culoz-Béon
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Culoz-Béon | |
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Commune | |
 View of the city-center of the former commune of Culoz from the Grand Colombier. | |
Location of Culoz-Béon  | |
  Culoz-Béon  Culoz-Béon | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 5°46′59″E / 45.850°N 5.783°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Belley |
| Canton | Plateau d'Hauteville |
| Intercommunality | CC Bugey Sud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Franck Andre-Masse[1] |
Area 1 | 29.66 km2 (11.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,426 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01138 /01350 |
| Elevation | 226–1,430 m (741–4,692 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Culoz-Béon (French pronunciation: [kyloz beɔ̃]) is a commune nouvelle in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2023, of the former communes of Béon and Culoz.[3][4]
History
[edit]The commune nouvelle was officially created on 1 January 2023 from a prefectural decree of 12 December 2022 and with the transformation of the two former communes into "delegated communes".[3][5]
Politics and administration
[edit]Delegated communes
[edit]| Delegated commune | INSEE code | Intercommunality | Area
(km2) |
Population
(2020) |
Density
(per km2) |
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| Culoz (seat) | 01138 | CC Bugey Sud | 19.36 | 2,987 | 154 |
| Béon | 01039 | CC Bugey Sud | 10.3 | 439 | 43 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Zuili, Théo (3 January 2023). "Cette commune de l'Ain n'existait pas jusqu'au 1er janvier : voici pourquoi". actu.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Culoz. La fusion avec Béon prévue le 1er janvier 2023". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 9 December 2022. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "ARRETE portant création de la commune nouvelle de Culoz-Béon" (PDF). Préfecture de l'Ain. 15 December 2022. pp. 45–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
