- Joyeux
Infobox French commune
nomcommune=Joyeux
region=Rhône-Alpes
department=Ain
arrondissement=Bourg-en-Bresse
canton=Meximieux
insee=01198
cp=01800
maire=Marius Brocard
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Plaine de l'Ain
longitude=5.11083333333
latitude=45.9619444444
alt moy=285 m
alt mini=272
alt maxi=298 m
hectares=1658
km²=16.58
sans=206
date-sans=1999
dens=12|Joyeux is a commune in the department of
Ain in easternFrance .Geography
Joyeux lies less than 5 km from the wildlife park at
Villars-les-Dombes and 40 km fromLyon in the natural region of theDombes , a wide extent of middle and upperPleistocene moraine left near the margin of the Alpine ice sheets. The commune includes some thirty lakes which together represent some 4 square kilometres of water. The land between them is of gravel, sand and clay.History
The fief of Joyeux was mentioned in the 12th century. In the 15th century, it was in the possession of the Villars family.
On
13 february 2006 , a wildduck was found dead on thefen . It was the first attested case of the presence of the bird flu virusH5N1 in France.Administration
"Earlier data are not yet known."
Demography
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates
ites and monuments
Old farms typical of the region. The 19th century Château de Joyeux.
ee also
*
Communes of the Ain department
*Dombes References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=8571 Joyeux on the IGN (Institut Géographique Nationale) site] In French
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN English route into the IGN site] Geography
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=01198&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Joyeux on theINSEE site] demography in French
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/page_accueil.paccueil?nivgeo=F&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=EN English route into the INSEE site] Demography
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatProximiteCoord.php?RadLat1=0.802187261217426&RadLong1=0.0892008691921422 Communes nearest to Joyeux]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=010198 Find Joyeux on the map of France]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=FR&addtohistory=&address=&city=Joyeux&zipcode= Plan of Joyeux on Mapquest]
* [http://ladombes.free.fr/Villes_Dombes/Joyeux.htm La Dombes and the city of Joyeux]
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