Apremont () is a commune in the department of

Ain Ain (, ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...

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of eastern

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Geography

Apremont is located halfway between

Nantua Nantua (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Nantuat'') is a Communes of France, commune in and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Ain Departments of France, département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Easter ...

and

Oyonnax Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Hau ...

some 20 km north-west of

Bellegarde-sur-Valserine Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (, literally ''Bellegarde on Valserine''; ) is a former Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Eastern France. On 1 January 2019, ...

and 40 km east of

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient Provinces of France, province of Bresse (). I ...

. The commune has an area of 1456 hectares and is bounded by the communes of Bellignat,

Charix Charix () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 391 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the follow ...

, Montreal-la-Cluse, Martignat, and

Groissiat Groissiat () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 391 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the fol ...

. The commune is composed of several villages including: *Petit Vallon *Grand Vallon *La Gotette *Ablatrix There are also a few isolated farms such as ''Les Éterres'', ''le Cree'', and ''Molet''. The commune can be accessed by road D74 from Oyonnax in the north passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to Nantua in the south. There is also access via the D95 from

in the south-west to the town. There are also several small roads in the commune. The commune consists of forest and mountain landscape. The Lange river rises in the town and flows north to Oyonnax before turning south and joining the Oignin at Le Mollard.Google Maps
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Administration

List of Successive Mayors of ApremontList of Mayors of France

Population

Sights

* Ruins of a castle built in the 13th century

References

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