Bouligneux (; frp, Bolegniô) is a
commune
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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 it ...
department
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in eastern
France
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, in
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 the s ...
, within the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
region.
Geography
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 an ...
forms most of the commune's eastern border.
History
Bouligneux first appears as ''vicus Beliniacum'' in 885, in a document of
Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...
.
On March 28, 944, Hugues, son or Bermund, lord of Bouligneux and Gisèle, signed a document renouncing any claims on
Thoissey
Thoissey () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
The Chalaronne forms the commune's southeastern border, then flows into the Saône, which forms its western border.
History Historical facts
This commune, former ...
, in favor of Adémar, Viscount of Lyon.
[Auguste Bernard and Alexandre Bruel, Recueil des chartes de l'abbaye de Cluny ompendium of Charters from Cluny Abbey 6 volumes, vol. 1, Paris, 1876-1903]
In 1280, it belonged to Vaucher de Commarin, who sold it to Henri de Villars in 1290.
In 1402, Bouligneux was part of Bresse Savoyarde.
In the 17th century, Bouligneux was a county.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Ain department
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[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 the s ...]
References
External links
La Dombes and the city of Bouligneux
Communes of Ain
Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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