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Meillonnas

Coordinates: 46°14′45″N 5°21′09″E / 46.2458°N 5.3525°E

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Meillonnas
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Meillonnas
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Coordinates: 46°14′45″N 5°21′09″E / 46.2458°N 5.3525°E / 46.2458; 5.3525
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Intercommunality	CA Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Arragon^[1]
Area ¹	17.74 km² (6.85 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,383
• Density	78/km² (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01241 /01370
Elevation	232–460 m (761–1,509 ft) (avg. 279 m or 915 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meillonnas (French pronunciation: [mɛjɔna]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography[edit]

The Sevron has its source in the commune; it crosses the village and forms part of the commune's northern border.

The bief du Bois Tharlet, a tributary of the Sevron, forms most of the commune's western border.

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	630	—
1975	671	+0.90%
1982	891	+4.13%
1990	1,051	+2.09%
1999	1,204	+1.52%
2009	1,301	+0.78%
2014	1,310	+0.14%
2020	1,379	+0.86%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Marron Hotel
Old street

See also[edit]

Communes of the Ain department

References[edit]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links[edit]

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Communes of the Ain department

^pref: prefecture
^subpr: subprefecture

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