Nantua

Nantua

Nantua
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Coat of arms of Nantua
Nantua is located in France
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Nantua
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Nantua
Canton Nantua
Mayor Jean-Pierre Carminatti
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 479 m (1,572 ft) avg.
Land area1 12.79 km2 (4.94 sq mi)
Population2 3,633  (2008)
 - Density 284 /km2 (740 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 01269/ 01460
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°09′07″N 5°36′28″E / 46.1519°N 5.6078°E / 46.1519; 5.6078

Nantua is a commune and subprefecture in the Ain department in eastern France.

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History

The town grew up around a Benedictine Monastery founded in 671 by St. Amand and the church of St Peter where the body of Charles the Bald was initially buried.

Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury was Prior of Nantua from 1232 to 1253.

Population

Historical population of Nantua
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856
2798 2791 3744 3515 3701 3696 3846 3658 3746 3493
1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906
3726 3776 3393 3405 3296 3157 2973 3033 2989 2891
1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975
2966 2835 2865 2931 2760 2648 2997 3265 3560 3440
1982 1990 1999 2008
3572 3602 3922 3633

Climate

Nantua faces a small lake on its west side and is protected by high cliffs on its landward sides which gives rise to a relatively mild climate.

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