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Chaleins
ChaleinsAdministration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Ain Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse Canton Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans Mayor Gilbert Gros
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 193–267 m (633–876 ft)
(avg. 238 m/781 ft)Land area1 17 km2 (6.6 sq mi) Population2 1,183 (2008) - Density 70 /km2 (180 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 01075/ 01480 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. Coordinates: 46°01′53″N 4°48′19″E / 46.0313888889°N 4.80527777778°E
Chaleins is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
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History
The already known parish with the eleventh century depended on the rich person and powerful metropolitan chapter on Lyon which shared the capacity on Chaleins with various seigneuriales families, of which the Palatin family with the thirteenth century.
When the duke of Maine was a governor of Dombes in 1725, it gave up for 6,000 pounds its rights of justice on the grounds of Chaleins to Daniel Viste de Brindas.
In 1820, the borough of Chaleins had only ten houses which surrounded the church. The remainder of the population was disseminated in the hamlets. One still finds on the place of the houses in eye of ox dating from the eighteenth century. The old rectory was transformed into town hall in 1989; one can admire a pretty water jet there.
A river, Matre, crosses the village. Taking its source in Villeneuve and flowing in the Saône with Messimy, it supplied formerly 3 mills whose last one ceased its activities in 1950. It is a river with trout. While following his course, one can appreciate reserves of the cascades which supplied the mills.
Population
Historical population of Chaleins 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856 536 606 408 663 847 883 878 826 915 901 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 801 822 774 758 738 787 747 732 687 657 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 640 571 532 501 523 536 496 485 461 428 1982 1990 1999 2008 594 754 1025 1183 See also
References
Categories:- Communes of Ain
- Ain geography stubs
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