- Trévoux
Communefra
nomcommune=Trévoux
région=Rhône-Alpes
département=Ain
arrondissement=Bourg-en-Bresse
canton=Trévoux
insee=01427
cp=01600
maire=Michel Raymond
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Saône Vallée
longitude=4.775000
latitude=45.941112
alt moy=177 m
alt mini=167
alt maxi=256 m
hectares=571
km²=5.71
sans=6 852
date-sans=2004
dens=1200|Trévoux is a commune in the department of
Ain in easternFrance . It is a suburb ofLyon .History
The town was the capital of the
Dombes principality, and famed for its dictionary. The town was a sub-prefecture of Ain until1926 .Famous people
Trévoux was the birthplace of
*
Arthur Giry (1848-1899), historian.
* Général Herbé
*François Treyve ,
*François-Marie Treyve (1847-1906) writer and landscape gardener. He drew the park of the Célestins inVichy and formed in 1881 theÉtablissements Treyve-Marie .ee also
*
Communes of the Ain department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.mairie-trevoux.fr Trévoux official website]
* [http://ladombes.free.fr/Villes_Dombes/Trevoux.htm La Dombes and the city of Trévoux]
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