commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Ain
Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in 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 ...
France
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.
Geography
Baneins occupies an area of 872 hectares 2 km west of Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne and 4 km north of
Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans
Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans (; frp, Sent-Treviér) 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 393 communes of the Ain department of France.
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with an altitude varying between 215 and 271 metres. It can be accessed by the D17 road coming from Chatillon-sur-Chalarone in the east and continuing southwest to Chaneins. The D66 road comes from Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne in the north, through the village, and continues south to Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans. The D100 road runs off the D17 in the commune and goes to Peyzieux-sur-Saône to the west. There are two hamlets in the commune: ''Les Bilons'' and ''Les Bages''; with almost all the rest of the commune farmland with a small area of forest in the south.
The commune is traversed from south to north by the Moignans River with the Bief Savuel and the Masanand streams joining it in the commune. The Moignans joins the
Chalaronne
The Chalaronne () is a long river in the Ain department in eastern France. Its source is at Lapeyrouse, in the Dombes. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône, into which it flows between Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne ...
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Baneins is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Baneins was on 31 July 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 30 December 2005.
History
In the Middle Ages the parish was known as ''Athaneins'' but over time the name ''Baneins'', which was the name of the castle, replaced it. The etymology remains uncertain: the name Baneins is based on the German man's name ''Bano'' or ''Banno'' and the suffix ''-eins'' is very common in the
Dombes
The Dombes (; Arpitan: Domba) is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the province of Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of Ain, and bounded on the west by the Saône River, on th ...
area and comes from the suffix ''-ing'' which is commonly added to many Germanic names.
Baneins was a lordship before becoming Viscounty then a County under
Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
Dombes
The Dombes (; Arpitan: Domba) is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the province of Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of Ain, and bounded on the west by the Saône River, on th ...
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Of the old castle built in the 13th century by Raoul de Baneins, a knight, who gave his name to the village, there remains no trace.
The abandonment of the name ''Athaneins'' for ''Baneins'' was probably related to the identification of the locality to the hierarchy of the lords of Baneins.
Agricultural activity is predominant in the commune. Livestock farming is still important despite a shift to grain production. The village also has a few small-scale traders (restaurant, bodybuilder, plumber).
Culture and heritage
Sites and monuments
The Deromptey is a small hill west of the village which, on a clear day, offers extensive views - including of
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and ...
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The Church of St. Martin, in Romanesque style, has an
apse
In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an '' exedra''. ...
and a portal from the 12th century. The bell tower was located above the bay of the
choir
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...
but was destroyed in the
French Revolution
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and rebuilt over the entrance. The tympanum was carved in the 19th century in honour of the patron saint of the area and is Saint Martin on horseback, dividing his cloak with a beggar kneeling and relying on a crutch.
A local
lavoir
A lavoir (wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domestic washing machines and by laun ...
(public laundry) was built in 1912.
;Church of Saint Martin Gallery
File:Église Saint-Martin de Baneins - 4.JPG, The church of Saint Martin
File:Église Saint-Martin de Baneins - 2.jpg, Entrance to the church
File:Église Saint-Martin de Baneins - 3.jpg, Relief of Saint Martin
Personalities
*Donat Bollet (1851-1923), physician and politician, MP and senator for Ain, also Mayor of
Trévoux
Trévoux (; frp, Trevôrs) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Trévoltiens.
It is a suburb of Lyon, built on the steeply sloping left bank of the river Saône.
History
In AD 843, the treaty ...